#9EAEAD#9EAEAD

#9EAEAD is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.018 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAEAD
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(176, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(176, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -5.76, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 5.92, 193.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0175 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.018 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7777, 40.5578, 45.4179)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAEAD #AE9E9F

analogous

#9EAEA5 #9EAEAD #9EA7AE

triadic

#9EAEAD #AD9EAE #AEAD9E

tetradic

#9EAEAD #A59EAE #AE9E9F #A7AE9E

square

#9EAEAD #A59EAE #AE9E9F #A7AE9E

split-complementary

#9EAEAD #AE9EA7 #AEA59E

monochromatic

#5F7271 #7D9291 #9EAEAD #BFCAC9 #E1E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#9EAEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#9EAEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAEAD

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAEAD	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AAFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.018 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac6c5',
    500: '#9eaead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaead;
$custom-light: #bac6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73804,
    "c": 0.01795,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAEAD

secondary

#D7D1D2

accent

#535793

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAEAD

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

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