#9CAEB4#9CAEB4

#9CAEB4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.022 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEB4
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(195, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -4.99, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 7.20, 226.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0168 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.022 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0826, 40.6346, 49.0607)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEB4 #B4A29C

analogous

#9CB4AE #9CAEB4 #9CA2B4

triadic

#9CAEB4 #B49CAE #AEB49C

tetradic

#9CAEB4 #AE9CB4 #B4A29C #A2B49C

square

#9CAEB4 #AE9CB4 #B4A29C #A2B49C

split-complementary

#9CAEB4 #B49CA2 #B4AE9C

monochromatic

#5C727A #79929A #9CAEB4 #BFCACE #E2E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#9CAEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#9CAEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEB4

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEB4	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAADB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.022 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6ca',
    500: '#9caeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caeb4;
$custom-light: #b9c6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73876,
    "c": 0.02189,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEB4

secondary

#DAD4D2

accent

#604E98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEB4

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

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