#9CAEB2#9CAEB2

#9CAEB2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.021 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEB2
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 178)
HSL	hsl(191, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 2.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -5.41, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 6.83, 217.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0176 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.021 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8803, 40.5537, 47.9954)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEB2 #B2A09C

analogous

#9CB2AB #9CAEB2 #9CA3B2

triadic

#9CAEB2 #B29CAE #AEB29C

tetradic

#9CAEB2 #AB9CB2 #B2A09C #A3B29C

square

#9CAEB2 #AB9CB2 #B2A09C #A3B29C

split-complementary

#9CAEB2 #B29CA3 #B2AB9C

monochromatic

#5D7277 #7A9297 #9CAEB2 #BECACD #E1E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#9CAEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#9CAEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEB2

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEB2	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.021 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6c9',
    500: '#9caeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caeb2;
$custom-light: #b9c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73812,
    "c": 0.02091,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEB2

secondary

#D9D3D1

accent

#5C4F97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEB2

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

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