#9CB6AE#9CB6AE

#9CB6AE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.031 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB6AE
RGB	rgb(156, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(162, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(162, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 4.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -10.49, 1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 10.54, 174.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0306 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.031 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0763, 43.5789, 46.4417)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB6AE #B69CA4

analogous

#9CB6A1 #9CB6AE #9CB1B6

triadic

#9CB6AE #AE9CB6 #B6AE9C

tetradic

#9CB6AE #A19CB6 #B69CA4 #B1B69C

square

#9CB6AE #A19CB6 #B69CA4 #B1B69C

split-complementary

#9CB6AE #B69CB1 #B6A19C

monochromatic

#5C7C72 #799C91 #9CB6AE #BFD0CB #E2EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9CB6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#9CB6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB6AE

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB6AE	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.031 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cbc6',
    500: '#9cb6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb6ae;
$custom-light: #b9cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.538,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75425,
    "c": 0.0307,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB6AE

secondary

#DBD3D5

accent

#4C6499

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB6AE

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

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