#9CB8BA#9CB8BA

#9CB8BA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.031 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB8BA
RGB	rgb(156, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(184, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(184, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -9.06, -4.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 9.99, 204.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0285 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.031 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7114, 44.8930, 53.0178)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB8BA #BA9E9C

analogous

#9CBAAD #9CB8BA #9CA9BA

triadic

#9CB8BA #BA9CB8 #B8BA9C

tetradic

#9CB8BA #AD9CBA #BA9E9C #A9BA9C

square

#9CB8BA #AD9CBA #BA9E9C #A9BA9C

split-complementary

#9CB8BA #BA9CA9 #BAAD9C

monochromatic

#5A7F81 #789EA1 #9CB8BA #C0D2D3 #E4ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#9CB8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#9CB8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB8BA

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB8BA	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.031 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cdce',
    500: '#9cb8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb8ba;
$custom-light: #b9cdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76227,
    "c": 0.03067,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB8BA

secondary

#DED5D4

accent

#4F499C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB8BA

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

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