#9CAEA6#9CAEA6

#9CAEA6 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.023 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEA6
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 166)
HSL	hsl(153, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(153, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -7.84, 1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 8.08, 165.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0225 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.023 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7278, 40.0926, 41.9253)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEA6 #AE9CA4

analogous

#9CAE9D #9CAEA6 #9CADAE

triadic

#9CAEA6 #A69CAE #AEA69C

tetradic

#9CAEA6 #9D9CAE #AE9CA4 #ADAE9C

square

#9CAEA6 #9D9CAE #AE9CA4 #ADAE9C

split-complementary

#9CAEA6 #AE9CAD #AE9D9C

monochromatic

#5D7269 #7A9288 #9CAEA6 #BECAC4 #DFE5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9CAEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#9CAEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEA6

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEA6	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)

#ADABA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.023 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6c0',
    500: '#9caea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caea6;
$custom-light: #b9c6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73446,
    "c": 0.02308,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEA6

secondary

#D6D0D3

accent

#516F94

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEA6

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

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