#9CACAA#9CACAA

#9CACAA is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.018 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CACAA
RGB	rgb(156, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(173, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -5.97, -0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 6.04, 188.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.018 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.018 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7169, 39.4747, 43.7600)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CACAA #AC9C9E

analogous

#9CACA2 #9CACAA #9CA6AC

triadic

#9CACAA #AA9CAC #ACAA9C

tetradic

#9CACAA #A29CAC #AC9C9E #A6AC9C

square

#9CACAA #A29CAC #AC9C9E #A6AC9C

split-complementary

#9CACAA #AC9CA6 #ACA29C

monochromatic

#5E706E #7B908D #9CACAA #BDC8C7 #DFE4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#9CACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CACAA

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CACAA	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cacaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.018 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c4c3',
    500: '#9cacaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cacaa;
$custom-light: #b9c4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cacaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 8.791,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73132,
    "c": 0.01814,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CACAA

secondary

#D5CFD0

accent

#535B93

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CACAA

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

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