#9CB4A4#9CB4A4

#9CB4A4 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.035 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB4A4
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 164)
HSL	hsl(140, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(140, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -11.40, 5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 12.61, 154.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0319 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.035 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7309, 42.3901, 41.3617)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB4A4 #B49CAC

analogous

#A0B49C #9CB4A4 #9CB4B0

triadic

#9CB4A4 #A49CB4 #B4A49C

tetradic

#9CB4A4 #9CA0B4 #B49CAC #B4B09C

square

#9CB4A4 #9CA0B4 #B49CAC #B4B09C

split-complementary

#9CB4A4 #B09CB4 #B49CA0

monochromatic

#5C7A66 #799A84 #9CB4A4 #BFCEC4 #E2E9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#9CB4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#9CB4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB4A4

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB4A4	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B0A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.035 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cabf',
    500: '#9cb4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb4a4;
$custom-light: #b9cabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.747,
    "c": 0.03488,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB4A4

secondary

#DAD2D7

accent

#4E7F98

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB4A4

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

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