#9CACB2#9CACB2

#9CACB2 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.020 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CACB2
RGB	rgb(156, 172, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -4.33, -4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 6.59, 228.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0148 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.02 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4968, 39.7867, 47.8676)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CACB2 #B2A29C

analogous

#9CB2AD #9CACB2 #9CA1B2

triadic

#9CACB2 #B29CAC #ACB29C

tetradic

#9CACB2 #AD9CB2 #B2A29C #A1B29C

square

#9CACB2 #AD9CB2 #B2A29C #A1B29C

split-complementary

#9CACB2 #B29CA1 #B2AD9C

monochromatic

#5D7077 #7A8F97 #9CACB2 #BEC9CD #E1E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9CACB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#9CACB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CACB2

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CACB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CACB2	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cacb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 172, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.020 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c4c9',
    500: '#9cacb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cacb2;
$custom-light: #b9c4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cacb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73383,
    "c": 0.01994,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CACB2

secondary

#D9D3D1

accent

#624F97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CACB2

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

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