#9CAEBF#9CAEBF

#9CAEBF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.032 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEBF
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 191)
HSL	hsl(209, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -2.61, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 11.08, 256.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0126 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.032 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2479, 41.1007, 55.1982)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEBF #BFAD9C

analogous

#9CBFBE #9CAEBF #9C9CBF

triadic

#9CAEBF #BF9CAE #AEBF9C

tetradic

#9CAEBF #BE9CBF #BFAD9C #9CBF9C

square

#9CAEBF #BE9CBF #BFAD9C #9CBF9C

split-complementary

#9CAEBF #BF9C9C #BFBE9C

monochromatic

#587188 #7790A7 #9CAEBF #C1CCD7 #E6EBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9CAEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#9CAEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEBF

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEBF	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.032 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6d2',
    500: '#9caebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caebf;
$custom-light: #b9c6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.143,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74243,
    "c": 0.03177,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEBF

secondary

#E1DBD6

accent

#7146A0

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEBF

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

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