#9CAEBC#9CAEBC

#9CAEBC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.029 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEBC
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(206, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -3.27, -9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 9.82, 250.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0137 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.029 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9212, 40.9700, 53.4773)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEBC #BCAA9C

analogous

#9CBCBA #9CAEBC #9C9EBC

triadic

#9CAEBC #BC9CAE #AEBC9C

tetradic

#9CAEBC #BA9CBC #BCAA9C #9EBC9C

square

#9CAEBC #BA9CBC #BCAA9C #9EBC9C

split-complementary

#9CAEBC #BC9C9E #BCBA9C

monochromatic

#597184 #7890A3 #9CAEBC #C0CCD5 #E5EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9CAEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#9CAEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEBC

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEBC	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.029 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6d0',
    500: '#9caebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caebc;
$custom-light: #b9c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7414,
    "c": 0.02853,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEBC

secondary

#DFD9D5

accent

#6D489E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEBC

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

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