#9CAEB3#9CAEB3

#9CAEB3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.021 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEB3
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 179)
HSL	hsl(193, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(193, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -5.20, -4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 7.00, 222.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0172 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.021 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9811, 40.5940, 48.5261)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEB3 #B3A19C

analogous

#9CB3AC #9CAEB3 #9CA2B3

triadic

#9CAEB3 #B39CAE #AEB39C

tetradic

#9CAEB3 #AC9CB3 #B3A19C #A2B39C

square

#9CAEB3 #AC9CB3 #B3A19C #A2B39C

split-complementary

#9CAEB3 #B39CA2 #B3AC9C

monochromatic

#5C7278 #799298 #9CAEB3 #BFCACE #E1E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#9CAEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#9CAEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEB3

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEB3	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAADB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.021 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6c9',
    500: '#9caeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caeb3;
$custom-light: #b9c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 13.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73844,
    "c": 0.02136,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEB3

secondary

#D9D3D2

accent

#5E4E97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEB3

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

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