#9CAAB8#9CAAB8

#9CAAB8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.026 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAB8
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 184)
HSL	hsl(210, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -1.96, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 9.05, 257.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0096 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.026 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7347, 39.2774, 50.9840)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAB8 #B8AA9C

analogous

#9CB8B8 #9CAAB8 #9C9CB8

triadic

#9CAAB8 #B89CAA #AAB89C

tetradic

#9CAAB8 #B89CB8 #B8AA9C #9CB89C

square

#9CAAB8 #B89CB8 #B8AA9C #9CB89C

split-complementary

#9CAAB8 #B89C9C #B8B89C

monochromatic

#5B6D7F #788B9E #9CAAB8 #C0C9D2 #E3E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9CAAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9CAAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAB8

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAB8	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.026 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3cd',
    500: '#9caab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caab8;
$custom-light: #b9c3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73153,
    "c": 0.02571,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAB8

secondary

#DCD8D3

accent

#734B9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAB8

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

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