#9EAEB8#9EAEB8

#9EAEB8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.023 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAEB8
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(203, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(203, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -3.48, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 7.82, 243.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0132 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.023 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8863, 41.0012, 51.2561)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAEB8 #B8A89E

analogous

#9EB8B5 #9EAEB8 #9EA1B8

triadic

#9EAEB8 #B89EAE #AEB89E

tetradic

#9EAEB8 #B59EB8 #B8A89E #A1B89E

square

#9EAEB8 #B59EB8 #B8A89E #A1B89E

split-complementary

#9EAEB8 #B89EA1 #B8B59E

monochromatic

#5D727F #7B909E #9EAEB8 #C1CCD2 #E5E9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9EAEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#9EAEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAEB8

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAEB8	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAADB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.023 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac6cd',
    500: '#9eaeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaeb8;
$custom-light: #bac6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74154,
    "c": 0.02301,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAEB8

secondary

#DDD8D5

accent

#6A4C9A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAEB8

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

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