#9CAE96#9CAE96

#9CAE96 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.039 H 137.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE96
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(105, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(105, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -10.84, 10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 14.90, 136.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0293 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.039 137.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3503, 39.5417, 34.6708)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE96 #A896AE

analogous

#A8AE96 #9CAE96 #96AE9C

triadic

#9CAE96 #969CAE #AE969C

tetradic

#9CAE96 #96A8AE #A896AE #AE9C96

square

#9CAE96 #96A8AE #A896AE #AE9C96

split-complementary

#9CAE96 #9C96AE #AE96A8

monochromatic

#5E7258 #7B9373 #9CAE96 #BDC9B9 #DDE3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CAE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9CAE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE96

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE96	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.039 137.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6b4',
    500: '#9cae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae96;
$custom-light: #b9c6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73004,
    "c": 0.03947,
    "h": 137.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE96

secondary

#D2CCD4

accent

#4E9785

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111311

muted

#808280

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE96

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