#9CB6AA#9CB6AA

#9CB6AA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.033 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB6AA
RGB	rgb(156, 182, 170)
HSL	hsl(152, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(152, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 6.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -11.29, 3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 11.71, 164.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0322 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.033 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6922, 43.4253, 44.4185)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB6AA #B69CA8

analogous

#9CB69D #9CB6AA #9CB5B6

triadic

#9CB6AA #AA9CB6 #B6AA9C

tetradic

#9CB6AA #9D9CB6 #B69CA8 #B5B69C

square

#9CB6AA #9D9CB6 #B69CA8 #B5B69C

split-complementary

#9CB6AA #B69CB5 #B69D9C

monochromatic

#5C7C6D #799C8C #9CB6AA #BFD0C8 #E2EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9CB6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#9CB6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB6AA

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB6AA	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 182, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.033 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cbc3',
    500: '#9cb6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb6aa;
$custom-light: #b9cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.308,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75309,
    "c": 0.03324,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB6AA

secondary

#DBD3D7

accent

#4C7099

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB6AA

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

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