#9EAAAE#9EAAAE

#9EAAAE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.015 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAAAE
RGB	rgb(158, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -3.39, -3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 4.88, 225.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0114 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.015 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1136, 39.0741, 45.6756)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAAAE #AEA29E

analogous

#9EAEAA #9EAAAE #9EA2AE

triadic

#9EAAAE #AE9EAA #AAAE9E

tetradic

#9EAAAE #AA9EAE #AEA29E #A2AE9E

square

#9EAAAE #AA9EAE #AEA29E #A2AE9E

split-complementary

#9EAAAE #AE9EA2 #AEAA9E

monochromatic

#5F6E72 #7D8D92 #9EAAAE #BFC7CA #E1E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9EAAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9EAAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAAAE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAAAE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.015 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac3c6',
    500: '#9eaaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaaae;
$custom-light: #bac3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72977,
    "c": 0.01474,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAAAE

secondary

#D7D3D1

accent

#635393

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAAAE

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

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