#9DAEB5#9DAEB5

#9DAEB5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.022 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DAEB5
RGB	rgb(157, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(198, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -4.44, -5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 7.14, 231.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0154 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.022 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3792, 40.7757, 49.6082)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DAEB5 #B5A49D

analogous

#9DB5B0 #9DAEB5 #9DA2B5

triadic

#9DAEB5 #B59DAE #AEB59D

tetradic

#9DAEB5 #B09DB5 #B5A49D #A2B59D

square

#9DAEB5 #B09DB5 #B5A49D #A2B59D

split-complementary

#9DAEB5 #B59DA2 #B5B09D

monochromatic

#5D727B #7A919B #9DAEB5 #C0CBCF #E3E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9DAEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#9DAEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DAEB5

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DAEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DAEB5	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAADB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9daeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.022 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac6cb',
    500: '#9daeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9daeb5;
$custom-light: #bac6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9daeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 13.953,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73982,
    "c": 0.02154,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DAEB5

secondary

#DBD5D3

accent

#634D98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DAEB5

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

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