#9CB2AE#9CB2AE

#9CB2AE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.025 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB2AE
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(169, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -8.37, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 8.39, 183.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0249 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.025 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2688, 41.9639, 46.1725)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB2AE #B29CA0

analogous

#9CB2A3 #9CB2AE #9CABB2

triadic

#9CB2AE #AE9CB2 #B2AE9C

tetradic

#9CB2AE #A39CB2 #B29CA0 #ABB29C

square

#9CB2AE #A39CB2 #B29CA0 #ABB29C

split-complementary

#9CB2AE #B29CAB #B2A39C

monochromatic

#5D7772 #7A9792 #9CB2AE #BECDCA #E1E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#9CB2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#9CB2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB2AE

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB2AE	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.025 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9c6',
    500: '#9cb2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb2ae;
$custom-light: #b9c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74554,
    "c": 0.02498,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB2AE

secondary

#D9D1D3

accent

#4F5C97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB2AE

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

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