#9FAAB9#9FAAB9

#9FAAB9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.025 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAAB9
RGB	rgb(159, 170, 185)
HSL	hsl(215, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(215, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -0.76, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 9.03, 265.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.006 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.025 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4277, 39.6226, 51.5656)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAAB9 #B9AE9F

analogous

#9FB7B9 #9FAAB9 #A19FB9

triadic

#9FAAB9 #B99FAA #AAB99F

tetradic

#9FAAB9 #B99FB7 #B9AE9F #9FB9A1

square

#9FAAB9 #B99FB7 #B9AE9F #9FB9A1

split-complementary

#9FAAB9 #B9A19F #B7B99F

monochromatic

#5D6C80 #7C8B9F #9FAAB9 #C2C9D3 #E6E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9FAAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#9FAAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAAB9

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAAB9	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 170, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.025 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc3ce',
    500: '#9faab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faab9;
$custom-light: #bbc3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.615,
    "s": 15.663,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73413,
    "c": 0.02501,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAAB9

secondary

#DEDBD6

accent

#794C9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAAB9

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

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