#9CACA8#9CACA8

#9CACA8 is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.019 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CACA8
RGB	rgb(156, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(165, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(165, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -6.37, 0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 6.37, 178.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0188 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.019 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5292, 39.3996, 42.7712)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CACA8 #AC9CA0

analogous

#9CACA0 #9CACA8 #9CA8AC

triadic

#9CACA8 #A89CAC #ACA89C

tetradic

#9CACA8 #A09CAC #AC9CA0 #A8AC9C

square

#9CACA8 #A09CAC #AC9CA0 #A8AC9C

split-complementary

#9CACA8 #AC9CA8 #ACA09C

monochromatic

#5E706B #7B908B #9CACA8 #BDC8C5 #DFE4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9CACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CACA8

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CACA8	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)

#ABAAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.019 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c4c1',
    500: '#9caca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caca8;
$custom-light: #b9c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 8.791,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73072,
    "c": 0.0188,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CACA8

secondary

#D5CFD1

accent

#536393

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CACA8

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

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