#9CB8AC#9CB8AC

#9CB8AC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.035 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB8AC
RGB	rgb(156, 184, 172)
HSL	hsl(154, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(154, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -11.94, 2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 12.29, 166.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0342 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.035 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2953, 44.3266, 45.5600)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB8AC #B89CA8

analogous

#9CB89E #9CB8AC #9CB6B8

triadic

#9CB8AC #AC9CB8 #B8AC9C

tetradic

#9CB8AC #9E9CB8 #B89CA8 #B6B89C

square

#9CB8AC #9E9CB8 #B89CA8 #B6B89C

split-complementary

#9CB8AC #B89CB6 #B89E9C

monochromatic

#5B7F6F #789E8E #9CB8AC #C0D2CA #E3EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9CB8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#9CB8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB8AC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB8AC	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 184, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.035 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cdc4',
    500: '#9cb8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb8ac;
$custom-light: #b9cdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75805,
    "c": 0.03502,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB8AC

secondary

#DCD3D7

accent

#4B6D9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB8AC

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

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