#9CAEAC#9CAEAC

#9CAEAC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.020 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEAC
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(173, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -6.64, -1.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 6.73, 189.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.02 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.02 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2910, 40.3180, 44.8919)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEAC #AE9C9E

analogous

#9CAEA3 #9CAEAC #9CA7AE

triadic

#9CAEAC #AC9CAE #AEAC9C

tetradic

#9CAEAC #A39CAE #AE9C9E #A7AE9C

square

#9CAEAC #A39CAE #AE9C9E #A7AE9C

split-complementary

#9CAEAC #AE9CA7 #AEA39C

monochromatic

#5D7270 #7A9290 #9CAEAC #BECAC8 #DFE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9CAEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#9CAEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEAC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEAC	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.020 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6c4',
    500: '#9caeac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caeac;
$custom-light: #b9c6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73626,
    "c": 0.02027,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEAC

secondary

#D6D0D0

accent

#515994

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEAC

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

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