#9CACBA#9CACBA

#9CACBA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.027 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CACBA
RGB	rgb(156, 172, 186)
HSL	hsl(208, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 7.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -2.62, -9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 9.42, 253.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0116 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.027 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3236, 40.1174, 52.2218)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CACBA #BAAA9C

analogous

#9CBAB9 #9CACBA #9C9DBA

triadic

#9CACBA #BA9CAC #ACBA9C

tetradic

#9CACBA #B99CBA #BAAA9C #9DBA9C

square

#9CACBA #B99CBA #BAAA9C #9DBA9C

split-complementary

#9CACBA #BA9C9D #BAB99C

monochromatic

#5A6F81 #788EA1 #9CACBA #C0CAD3 #E4E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9CACBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#9CACBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CACBA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CACBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CACBA	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cacba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 172, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.027 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c4ce',
    500: '#9cacba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cacba;
$custom-light: #b9c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cacba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73646,
    "c": 0.02708,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CACBA

secondary

#DED9D4

accent

#70499C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CACBA

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

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