#9CBAB4#9CBAB4

#9CBAB4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.034 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBAB4
RGB	rgb(156, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(168, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(168, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -11.37, -0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 11.37, 181.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0337 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.034 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5053, 45.4800, 49.8683)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBAB4 #BA9CA2

analogous

#9CBAA5 #9CBAB4 #9CB1BA

triadic

#9CBAB4 #B49CBA #BAB49C

tetradic

#9CBAB4 #A59CBA #BA9CA2 #B1BA9C

square

#9CBAB4 #A59CBA #BA9CA2 #B1BA9C

split-complementary

#9CBAB4 #BA9CB1 #BAA59C

monochromatic

#5A817A #78A199 #9CBAB4 #C0D3CF #E4ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9CBAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#9CBAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBAB4

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBAB4	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.034 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ceca',
    500: '#9cbab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbab4;
$custom-light: #b9ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76478,
    "c": 0.0337,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBAB4

secondary

#DED4D6

accent

#495A9C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBAB4

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

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