#9CAABB#9CAABB

#9CAABB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.029 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAABB
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 187)
HSL	hsl(213, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(213, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -1.31, -10.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 10.44, 262.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0084 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.029 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0525, 39.4045, 52.6578)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAABB #BBAD9C

analogous

#9CBABB #9CAABB #9E9CBB

triadic

#9CAABB #BB9CAA #AABB9C

tetradic

#9CAABB #BB9CBA #BBAD9C #9CBB9E

square

#9CAABB #BB9CBA #BBAD9C #9CBB9E

split-complementary

#9CAABB #BB9E9C #BABB9C

monochromatic

#5A6C83 #788BA2 #9CAABB #C0C9D4 #E5E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CAABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9CAABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAABB

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAABB	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caabb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.029 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3cf',
    500: '#9caabb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caabb;
$custom-light: #b9c3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caabb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.903,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73255,
    "c": 0.02926,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAABB

secondary

#DEDAD5

accent

#77499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAABB

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

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