#9CBAB0#9CBAB0

#9CBAB0 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.036 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBAB0
RGB	rgb(156, 186, 176)
HSL	hsl(160, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(160, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -12.18, 1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 12.30, 172.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0353 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.036 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1037, 45.3193, 47.7531)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBAB0 #BA9CA6

analogous

#9CBAA1 #9CBAB0 #9CB5BA

triadic

#9CBAB0 #B09CBA #BAB09C

tetradic

#9CBAB0 #A19CBA #BA9CA6 #B5BA9C

square

#9CBAB0 #A19CBA #BA9CA6 #B5BA9C

split-complementary

#9CBAB0 #BA9CB5 #BAA19C

monochromatic

#5A8174 #78A193 #9CBAB0 #C0D3CD #E4ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9CBAB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#9CBAB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBAB0

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBAB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBAB0	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 186, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.036 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cec7',
    500: '#9cbab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbab0;
$custom-light: #b9cec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76359,
    "c": 0.03558,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBAB0

secondary

#DED4D7

accent

#49659C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBAB0

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

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