#9EB4AE#9EB4AE

#9EB4AE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.026 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB4AE
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(164, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(164, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -8.76, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 8.77, 176.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0257 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.026 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0600, 42.9669, 46.3244)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB4AE #B49EA4

analogous

#9EB4A3 #9EB4AE #9EAFB4

triadic

#9EB4AE #AE9EB4 #B4AE9E

tetradic

#9EB4AE #A39EB4 #B49EA4 #AFB49E

square

#9EB4AE #A39EB4 #B49EA4 #AFB49E

split-complementary

#9EB4AE #B49EAF #B4A39E

monochromatic

#5E7A72 #7B9991 #9EB4AE #C1CFCB #E3E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9EB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#9EB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB4AE

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB4AE	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.026 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacac6',
    500: '#9eb4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb4ae;
$custom-light: #bacac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75132,
    "c": 0.02573,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB4AE

secondary

#DAD3D5

accent

#4F6297

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB4AE

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

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