#9CB2AC#9CB2AC

#9CB2AC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.026 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB2AC
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 172)
HSL	hsl(164, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(164, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -8.78, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 8.79, 176.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0257 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.026 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0753, 41.8865, 45.1533)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB2AC #B29CA2

analogous

#9CB2A1 #9CB2AC #9CADB2

triadic

#9CB2AC #AC9CB2 #B2AC9C

tetradic

#9CB2AC #A19CB2 #B29CA2 #ADB29C

square

#9CB2AC #A19CB2 #B29CA2 #ADB29C

split-complementary

#9CB2AC #B29CAD #B2A19C

monochromatic

#5D7770 #7A978F #9CB2AC #BECDC9 #E1E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#9CB2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#9CB2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB2AC

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB2AC	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.026 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9c4',
    500: '#9cb2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb2ac;
$custom-light: #b9c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74494,
    "c": 0.02578,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB2AC

secondary

#D9D1D3

accent

#4F6297

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB2AC

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

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