#9CB4AE#9CB4AE

#9CB4AE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.028 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB4AE
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(165, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -9.43, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 9.44, 178.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0278 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.028 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6697, 42.7656, 46.3061)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB4AE #B49CA2

analogous

#9CB4A2 #9CB4AE #9CAEB4

triadic

#9CB4AE #AE9CB4 #B4AE9C

tetradic

#9CB4AE #A29CB4 #B49CA2 #AEB49C

square

#9CB4AE #A29CB4 #B49CA2 #AEB49C

split-complementary

#9CB4AE #B49CAE #B4A29C

monochromatic

#5C7A72 #799A92 #9CB4AE #BFCECA #E2E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#9CB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#9CB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB4AE

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB4AE	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.028 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cac6',
    500: '#9cb4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb4ae;
$custom-light: #b9cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74989,
    "c": 0.02777,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB4AE

secondary

#DAD2D4

accent

#4E6098

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB4AE

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

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