#9CAEAE#9CAEAE

#9CAEAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.020 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEAE
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(180, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -6.23, -2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 6.59, 198.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0192 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.02 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4846, 40.3954, 45.9111)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEAE #AE9C9C

analogous

#9CAEA5 #9CAEAE #9CA5AE

triadic

#9CAEAE #AE9CAE #AEAE9C

tetradic

#9CAEAE #A59CAE #AE9C9C #A5AE9C

square

#9CAEAE #A59CAE #AE9C9C #A5AE9C

split-complementary

#9CAEAE #AE9CA5 #AEA59C

monochromatic

#5D7272 #7A9292 #9CAEAE #BECACA #DFE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9CAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#9CAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEAE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEAE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.020 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6c6',
    500: '#9caeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caeae;
$custom-light: #b9c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73687,
    "c": 0.02008,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEAE

secondary

#D6D0D0

accent

#515194

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEAE

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

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