#9EAEAA#9EAEAA

#9EAEAA is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.019 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAEAA
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 170)
HSL	hsl(165, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(165, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -6.36, 0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 6.36, 178.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0188 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.019 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4907, 40.4429, 43.9062)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAEAA #AE9EA2

analogous

#9EAEA2 #9EAEAA #9EAAAE

triadic

#9EAEAA #AA9EAE #AEAA9E

tetradic

#9EAEAA #A29EAE #AE9EA2 #AAAE9E

square

#9EAEAA #A29EAE #AE9EA2 #AAAE9E

split-complementary

#9EAEAA #AE9EAA #AEA29E

monochromatic

#5F726E #7D928D #9EAEAA #BFCAC7 #E1E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9EAEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#9EAEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAEAA

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAEAA	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AAFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.019 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac6c3',
    500: '#9eaeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaeaa;
$custom-light: #bac6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73713,
    "c": 0.01876,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAEAA

secondary

#D7D1D3

accent

#536393

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAEAA

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

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