#9EA6AE#9EA6AE

#9EA6AE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.015 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA6AE
RGB	rgb(158, 166, 174)
HSL	hsl(210, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(210, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -1.22, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 5.24, 256.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0055 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.015 248)
XYZ	xyz(35.3751, 37.5971, 45.4295)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA6AE #AEA69E

analogous

#9EAEAE #9EA6AE #9E9EAE

triadic

#9EA6AE #AE9EA6 #A6AE9E

tetradic

#9EA6AE #AE9EAE #AEA69E #9EAE9E

square

#9EA6AE #AE9EAE #AEA69E #9EAE9E

split-complementary

#9EA6AE #AE9E9E #AEAE9E

monochromatic

#5F6972 #7D8792 #9EA6AE #BFC5CA #E1E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9EA6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#9EA6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA6AE

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA6AE	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 166, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.015 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac0c6',
    500: '#9ea6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea6ae;
$custom-light: #bac0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72125,
    "c": 0.01475,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.37598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA6AE

secondary

#D7D4D1

accent

#735393

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA6AE

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

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