#9CAEA8#9CAEA8

#9CAEA8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.022 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEA8
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(160, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(160, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -7.44, 0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 7.50, 172.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0217 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.022 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9127, 40.1666, 42.8991)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEA8 #AE9CA2

analogous

#9CAE9F #9CAEA8 #9CABAE

triadic

#9CAEA8 #A89CAE #AEA89C

tetradic

#9CAEA8 #9F9CAE #AE9CA2 #ABAE9C

square

#9CAEA8 #9F9CAE #AE9CA2 #ABAE9C

split-complementary

#9CAEA8 #AE9CAB #AE9F9C

monochromatic

#5D726B #7A928A #9CAEA8 #BECAC6 #DFE5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9CAEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#9CAEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEA8

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEA8	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.022 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6c1',
    500: '#9caea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caea8;
$custom-light: #b9c6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73505,
    "c": 0.02181,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEA8

secondary

#D6D0D2

accent

#516894

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEA8

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

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