#9CBAB6#9CBAB6

#9CBAB6 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.033 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBAB6
RGB	rgb(156, 186, 182)
HSL	hsl(172, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(172, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -10.95, -1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 11.04, 187.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0329 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.033 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7105, 45.5620, 50.9490)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBAB6 #BA9CA0

analogous

#9CBAA7 #9CBAB6 #9CAFBA

triadic

#9CBAB6 #B69CBA #BAB69C

tetradic

#9CBAB6 #A79CBA #BA9CA0 #AFBA9C

square

#9CBAB6 #A79CBA #BA9CA0 #AFBA9C

split-complementary

#9CBAB6 #BA9CAF #BAA79C

monochromatic

#5A817C #78A19B #9CBAB6 #C0D3D1 #E4ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9CBAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#9CBAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBAB6

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBAB6	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 186, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.033 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cecb',
    500: '#9cbab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbab6;
$custom-light: #b9cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76538,
    "c": 0.03308,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBAB6

secondary

#DED4D5

accent

#49549C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBAB6

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

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