#9CAEB0#9CAEB0

#9CAEB0 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.020 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEB0
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 176)
HSL	hsl(186, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(186, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -5.82, -3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 6.62, 208.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0184 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.02 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6810, 40.4739, 46.9456)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEB0 #B09E9C

analogous

#9CB0A8 #9CAEB0 #9CA4B0

triadic

#9CAEB0 #B09CAE #AEB09C

tetradic

#9CAEB0 #A89CB0 #B09E9C #A4B09C

square

#9CAEB0 #A89CB0 #B09E9C #A4B09C

split-complementary

#9CAEB0 #B09CA4 #B0A89C

monochromatic

#5D7275 #7A9295 #9CAEB0 #BECACB #E0E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9CAEB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#9CAEB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEB0

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEB0	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.020 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6c7',
    500: '#9caeb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caeb0;
$custom-light: #b9c6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 11.236,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73749,
    "c": 0.02029,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEB0

secondary

#D7D1D1

accent

#575095

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEB0

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

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