#9CAEB7#9CAEB7

#9CAEB7 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.024 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEB7
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 183)
HSL	hsl(200, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(200, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -4.35, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 8.00, 237.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0156 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.024 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3915, 40.7581, 50.6877)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEB7 #B7A59C

analogous

#9CB7B3 #9CAEB7 #9CA1B7

triadic

#9CAEB7 #B79CAE #AEB79C

tetradic

#9CAEB7 #B39CB7 #B7A59C #A1B79C

square

#9CAEB7 #B39CB7 #B7A59C #A1B79C

split-complementary

#9CAEB7 #B79CA1 #B7B39C

monochromatic

#5B727D #79919D #9CAEB7 #BFCBD1 #E3E8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9CAEB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#9CAEB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEB7

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEB7	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.024 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6cc',
    500: '#9caeb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caeb7;
$custom-light: #b9c6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73974,
    "c": 0.02394,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEB7

secondary

#DCD6D3

accent

#664B9A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEB7

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

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