#9CB6B2#9CB6B2

#9CB6B2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.029 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB6B2
RGB	rgb(156, 182, 178)
HSL	hsl(171, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(171, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -9.68, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 9.72, 185.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0289 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.029 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4721, 43.7372, 48.5260)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB6B2 #B69CA0

analogous

#9CB6A5 #9CB6B2 #9CADB6

triadic

#9CB6B2 #B29CB6 #B6B29C

tetradic

#9CB6B2 #A59CB6 #B69CA0 #ADB69C

square

#9CB6B2 #A59CB6 #B69CA0 #ADB69C

split-complementary

#9CB6B2 #B69CAD #B6A59C

monochromatic

#5C7C77 #799C97 #9CB6B2 #BFD0CD #E2EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9CB6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#9CB6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB6B2

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB6B2	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 182, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.029 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cbc9',
    500: '#9cb6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb6b2;
$custom-light: #b9cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75545,
    "c": 0.02905,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB6B2

secondary

#DBD3D4

accent

#4C5899

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB6B2

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

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