#9CAEC6#9CAEC6

#9CAEC6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.040 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEC6
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(214, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -1.04, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 14.33, 265.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0099 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.04 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0367, 41.4162, 59.3525)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEC6 #C6B49C

analogous

#9CC3C6 #9CAEC6 #9F9CC6

triadic

#9CAEC6 #C69CAE #AEC69C

tetradic

#9CAEC6 #C69CC3 #C6B49C #9CC69F

square

#9CAEC6 #C69CC3 #C6B49C #9CC69F

split-complementary

#9CAEC6 #C69F9C #C3C69C

monochromatic

#556F93 #758EB0 #9CAEC6 #C3CEDC #EAEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#9CAEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#9CAEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEC6

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEC6	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AAC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.040 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6d7',
    500: '#9caec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caec6;
$custom-light: #b9c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 26.923,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74489,
    "c": 0.04014,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEC6

secondary

#E5E0D9

accent

#7A40A6

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#111314

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEC6

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

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