#9CAEB8#9CAEB8

#9CAEB8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.025 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEB8
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(201, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -4.14, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 8.33, 240.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0152 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.025 232)
XYZ	xyz(37.4960, 40.7999, 51.2378)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEB8 #B8A69C

analogous

#9CB8B4 #9CAEB8 #9CA0B8

triadic

#9CAEB8 #B89CAE #AEB89C

tetradic

#9CAEB8 #B49CB8 #B8A69C #A0B89C

square

#9CAEB8 #B49CB8 #B8A69C #A0B89C

split-complementary

#9CAEB8 #B89CA0 #B8B49C

monochromatic

#5B727F #78919E #9CAEB8 #C0CBD2 #E3E8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9CAEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#9CAEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEB8

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEB8	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.025 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6cd',
    500: '#9caeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caeb8;
$custom-light: #b9c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74007,
    "c": 0.02476,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.40801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEB8

secondary

#DCD7D3

accent

#674B9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEB8

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

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