#9CAAB6#9CAAB6

#9CAAB6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.023 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAB6
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 182)
HSL	hsl(208, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -2.39, -7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 8.18, 252.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0103 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.023 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5265, 39.1941, 49.8877)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAB6 #B6A89C

analogous

#9CB6B5 #9CAAB6 #9C9DB6

triadic

#9CAAB6 #B69CAA #AAB69C

tetradic

#9CAAB6 #B59CB6 #B6A89C #9DB69C

square

#9CAAB6 #B59CB6 #B6A89C #9DB69C

split-complementary

#9CAAB6 #B69C9D #B6B59C

monochromatic

#5C6D7C #798C9C #9CAAB6 #BFC8D0 #E2E6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CAAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#9CAAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAB6

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAB6	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.023 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3cb',
    500: '#9caab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caab6;
$custom-light: #b9c3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73086,
    "c": 0.02349,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAB6

secondary

#DBD7D3

accent

#704C99

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAB6

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

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