#9CAAAE#9CAAAE

#9CAAAE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.017 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAAE
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(193, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(193, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -4.08, -3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 5.53, 222.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0135 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.017 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7233, 38.8728, 45.6573)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAAE #AEA09C

analogous

#9CAEA9 #9CAAAE #9CA1AE

triadic

#9CAAAE #AE9CAA #AAAE9C

tetradic

#9CAAAE #A99CAE #AEA09C #A1AE9C

square

#9CAAAE #A99CAE #AEA09C #A1AE9C

split-complementary

#9CAAAE #AE9CA1 #AEA99C

monochromatic

#5D6E72 #7A8D92 #9CAAAE #BEC7CA #DFE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9CAAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#9CAAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAAE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAAE	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.017 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3c6',
    500: '#9caaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caaae;
$custom-light: #b9c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72826,
    "c": 0.01681,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAAE

secondary

#D6D1D0

accent

#605194

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAAE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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