#9CAEB6#9CAEB6

#9CAEB6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.023 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEB6
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 182)
HSL	hsl(198, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -4.56, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 7.71, 233.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.016 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.023 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2878, 40.7167, 50.1415)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEB6 #B6A49C

analogous

#9CB6B1 #9CAEB6 #9CA1B6

triadic

#9CAEB6 #B69CAE #AEB69C

tetradic

#9CAEB6 #B19CB6 #B6A49C #A1B69C

square

#9CAEB6 #B19CB6 #B6A49C #A1B69C

split-complementary

#9CAEB6 #B69CA1 #B6B19C

monochromatic

#5C727C #79919C #9CAEB6 #BFCBD0 #E2E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#9CAEB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#9CAEB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEB6

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEB6	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)

#AAADB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.023 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6cb',
    500: '#9caeb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caeb6;
$custom-light: #b9c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73941,
    "c": 0.02319,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEB6

secondary

#DBD5D3

accent

#644C99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEB6

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

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