#9CAEBD#9CAEBD

#9CAEBD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.030 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEBD
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(207, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -3.05, -9.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 10.23, 252.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0133 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.03 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0293, 41.0133, 54.0470)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEBD #BDAB9C

analogous

#9CBDBC #9CAEBD #9C9DBD

triadic

#9CAEBD #BD9CAE #AEBD9C

tetradic

#9CAEBD #BC9CBD #BDAB9C #9DBD9C

square

#9CAEBD #BC9CBD #BDAB9C #9DBD9C

split-complementary

#9CAEBD #BD9C9D #BDBC9C

monochromatic

#597186 #7790A5 #9CAEBD #C1CCD5 #E5EAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9CAEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#9CAEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEBD

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEBD	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.030 243.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74174,
    "c": 0.02958,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEBD

secondary

#E0DAD5

accent

#6F479E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEBD

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

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