#9CB0AC#9CB0AC

#9CB0AC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.023 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB0AC
RGB	rgb(156, 176, 172)
HSL	hsl(168, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(168, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 2.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -7.71, -0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 7.72, 182.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0229 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.023 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6803, 41.0965, 45.0216)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB0AC #B09CA0

analogous

#9CB0A2 #9CB0AC #9CAAB0

triadic

#9CB0AC #AC9CB0 #B0AC9C

tetradic

#9CB0AC #A29CB0 #B09CA0 #AAB09C

square

#9CB0AC #A29CB0 #B09CA0 #AAB09C

split-complementary

#9CB0AC #B09CAA #B0A29C

monochromatic

#5D7570 #7A958F #9CB0AC #BECBC9 #E0E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9CB0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#9CB0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB0AC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB0AC	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)

#AEADAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 176, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.023 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c7c4',
    500: '#9cb0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb0ac;
$custom-light: #b9c7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 11.236,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74059,
    "c": 0.02292,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB0AC

secondary

#D7D1D2

accent

#505E95

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB0AC

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

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