#9CB4AC#9CB4AC

#9CB4AC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.029 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB4AC
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(160, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(160, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -9.84, 1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 9.92, 172.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0286 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.029 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4762, 42.6882, 45.2869)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB4AC #B49CA4

analogous

#9CB4A0 #9CB4AC #9CB0B4

triadic

#9CB4AC #AC9CB4 #B4AC9C

tetradic

#9CB4AC #A09CB4 #B49CA4 #B0B49C

square

#9CB4AC #A09CB4 #B49CA4 #B0B49C

split-complementary

#9CB4AC #B49CB0 #B4A09C

monochromatic

#5C7A70 #799A8F #9CB4AC #BFCEC9 #E2E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#9CB4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#9CB4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB4AC

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB4AC	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.029 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cac4',
    500: '#9cb4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb4ac;
$custom-light: #b9cac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7493,
    "c": 0.02877,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB4AC

secondary

#DAD2D5

accent

#4E6698

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB4AC

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

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