#9CAEB5#9CAEB5

#9CAEB5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.023 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEB5
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(197, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -4.78, -5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 7.44, 230.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0164 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.023 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1848, 40.6755, 49.5991)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEB5 #B5A39C

analogous

#9CB5AF #9CAEB5 #9CA1B5

triadic

#9CAEB5 #B59CAE #AEB59C

tetradic

#9CAEB5 #AF9CB5 #B5A39C #A1B59C

square

#9CAEB5 #AF9CB5 #B5A39C #A1B59C

split-complementary

#9CAEB5 #B59CA1 #B5AF9C

monochromatic

#5C727B #79919B #9CAEB5 #BFCBCF #E2E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#9CAEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#9CAEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEB5

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEB5	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAADB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.023 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6cb',
    500: '#9caeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caeb5;
$custom-light: #b9c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 14.451,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73909,
    "c": 0.02251,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEB5

secondary

#DBD5D2

accent

#624D99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEB5

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

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