#9CBCAE#9CBCAE

#9CBCAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.040 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBCAE
RGB	rgb(156, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(154, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(154, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -13.63, 3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 14.07, 165.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0389 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.04 167)
XYZ	xyz(39.3315, 46.0893, 46.8601)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBCAE #BC9CAA

analogous

#9CBC9E #9CBCAE #9CBABC

triadic

#9CBCAE #AE9CBC #BCAE9C

tetradic

#9CBCAE #9E9CBC #BC9CAA #BABC9C

square

#9CBCAE #9E9CBC #BC9CAA #BABC9C

split-complementary

#9CBCAE #BC9CBA #BC9E9C

monochromatic

#598471 #78A390 #9CBCAE #C0D5CC #E5EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9CBCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#9CBCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBCAE

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBCAE	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.040 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0c6',
    500: '#9cbcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbcae;
$custom-light: #b9d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.75,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76741,
    "c": 0.03997,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.4609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBCAE

secondary

#DFD5D9

accent

#486D9E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBCAE

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

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