#9CAEC2#9CAEC2

#9CAEC2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.035 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEC2
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(212, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -1.94, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 12.44, 261.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0114 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.035 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5814, 41.2341, 56.9547)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEC2 #C2B09C

analogous

#9CC1C2 #9CAEC2 #9D9CC2

triadic

#9CAEC2 #C29CAE #AEC29C

tetradic

#9CAEC2 #C29CC1 #C2B09C #9CC29D

square

#9CAEC2 #C29CC1 #C2B09C #9CC29D

split-complementary

#9CAEC2 #C29D9C #C1C29C

monochromatic

#57708D #768FAB #9CAEC2 #C2CDD9 #E8ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#9CAEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#9CAEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEC2

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEC2	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AAC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.035 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6d4',
    500: '#9caec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caec2;
$custom-light: #b9c6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.579,
    "s": 23.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74347,
    "c": 0.03524,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEC2

secondary

#E3DDD7

accent

#7543A2

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#111314

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEC2

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

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