#9CAEBA#9CAEBA

#9CAEBA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.027 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEBA
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 186)
HSL	hsl(204, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(204, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -3.70, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 9.04, 245.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0145 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.027 237)
XYZ	xyz(37.7071, 40.8844, 52.3497)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEBA #BAA89C

analogous

#9CBAB7 #9CAEBA #9C9FBA

triadic

#9CAEBA #BA9CAE #AEBA9C

tetradic

#9CAEBA #B79CBA #BAA89C #9FBA9C

square

#9CAEBA #B79CBA #BAA89C #9FBA9C

split-complementary

#9CAEBA #BA9C9F #BAB79C

monochromatic

#5A7281 #7890A1 #9CAEBA #C0CCD3 #E4E9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9CAEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#9CAEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEBA

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEBA	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.027 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6ce',
    500: '#9caeba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caeba;
$custom-light: #b9c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74073,
    "c": 0.02656,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.40885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEBA

secondary

#DED8D4

accent

#6A499C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEBA

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

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