#9CAEAD#9CAEAD

#9CAEAD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.020 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEAD
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(177, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -6.44, -1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 6.64, 194.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0196 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.02 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3874, 40.3565, 45.3996)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEAD #AE9C9D

analogous

#9CAEA4 #9CAEAD #9CA6AE

triadic

#9CAEAD #AD9CAE #AEAD9C

tetradic

#9CAEAD #A49CAE #AE9C9D #A6AE9C

square

#9CAEAD #A49CAE #AE9C9D #A6AE9C

split-complementary

#9CAEAD #AE9CA6 #AEA49C

monochromatic

#5D7271 #7A9291 #9CAEAD #BECAC9 #DFE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9CAEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#9CAEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEAD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEAD	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.020 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6c5',
    500: '#9caead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caead;
$custom-light: #b9c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73656,
    "c": 0.02012,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEAD

secondary

#D6D0D0

accent

#515594

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEAD

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

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