#9EAEB4#9EAEB4

#9EAEB4 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.020 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAEB4
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -4.32, -4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 6.58, 228.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0147 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.02 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4729, 40.8358, 49.0790)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAEB4 #B4A49E

analogous

#9EB4AF #9EAEB4 #9EA3B4

triadic

#9EAEB4 #B49EAE #AEB49E

tetradic

#9EAEB4 #AF9EB4 #B4A49E #A3B49E

square

#9EAEB4 #AF9EB4 #B4A49E #A3B49E

split-complementary

#9EAEB4 #B49EA3 #B4AF9E

monochromatic

#5E727A #7B9199 #9EAEB4 #C1CBCF #E3E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9EAEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#9EAEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAEB4

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAEB4	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAADB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.020 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac6ca',
    500: '#9eaeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaeb4;
$custom-light: #bac6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74024,
    "c": 0.0199,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAEB4

secondary

#DAD5D3

accent

#624F97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAEB4

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

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