#9CB8AA#9CB8AA

#9CB8AA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.036 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB8AA
RGB	rgb(156, 184, 170)
HSL	hsl(150, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(150, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -12.33, 3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 12.94, 162.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.035 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.037 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1047, 44.2503, 44.5560)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB8AA #B89CAA

analogous

#9CB89C #9CB8AA #9CB8B8

triadic

#9CB8AA #AA9CB8 #B8AA9C

tetradic

#9CB8AA #9C9CB8 #B89CAA #B8B89C

square

#9CB8AA #9C9CB8 #B89CAA #B8B89C

split-complementary

#9CB8AA #B89CB8 #B89C9C

monochromatic

#5B7F6D #789E8B #9CB8AA #C0D2C9 #E3EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9CB8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#9CB8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB8AA

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB8AA	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 184, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.036 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cdc3',
    500: '#9cb8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb8aa;
$custom-light: #b9cdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75748,
    "c": 0.0365,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB8AA

secondary

#DCD3D8

accent

#4B739B

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F9F7

border

#D0D2D0

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB8AA

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

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