#9CB2B4#9CB2B4

#9CB2B4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.025 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB2B4
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(185, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -7.13, -3.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 7.98, 206.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0225 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.025 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8669, 42.2032, 49.3221)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB2B4 #B49E9C

analogous

#9CB4AA #9CB2B4 #9CA6B4

triadic

#9CB2B4 #B49CB2 #B2B49C

tetradic

#9CB2B4 #AA9CB4 #B49E9C #A6B49C

square

#9CB2B4 #AA9CB4 #B49E9C #A6B49C

split-complementary

#9CB2B4 #B49CA6 #B4AA9C

monochromatic

#5C777A #79979A #9CB2B4 #BFCDCE #E2E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#9CB2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#9CB2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB2B4

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB2B4	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.025 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9ca',
    500: '#9cb2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb2b4;
$custom-light: #b9c9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74738,
    "c": 0.0245,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB2B4

secondary

#DAD3D2

accent

#544E98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB2B4

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

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