#9CAABC#9CAABC

#9CAABC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.030 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAABC
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(214, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(214, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -1.09, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 10.92, 264.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.008 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.031 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1599, 39.4475, 53.2235)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAABC #BCAE9C

analogous

#9CBABC #9CAABC #9E9CBC

triadic

#9CAABC #BC9CAA #AABC9C

tetradic

#9CAABC #BC9CBA #BCAE9C #9CBC9E

square

#9CAABC #BC9CBA #BCAE9C #9CBC9E

split-complementary

#9CAABC #BC9E9C #BABC9C

monochromatic

#596C84 #788BA3 #9CAABC #C0C9D5 #E5E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CAABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9CAABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAABC

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAABC	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.030 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3d0',
    500: '#9caabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caabc;
$custom-light: #b9c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7329,
    "c": 0.0305,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAABC

secondary

#DFDBD5

accent

#78489E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAABC

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

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