#9FAEB3#9FAEB3

#9FAEB3 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.018 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEB3
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 179)
HSL	hsl(195, 12%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 11%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -4.19, -4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 6.04, 226.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0141 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.018 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5689, 40.8971, 48.5537)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEB3 #B3A49F

analogous

#9FB3AE #9FAEB3 #9FA4B3

triadic

#9FAEB3 #B39FAE #AEB39F

tetradic

#9FAEB3 #AE9FB3 #B3A49F #A4B39F

square

#9FAEB3 #AE9FB3 #B3A49F #A4B39F

split-complementary

#9FAEB3 #B39FA4 #B3AE9F

monochromatic

#5F7278 #7D9198 #9FAEB3 #C1CBCE #E3E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9FAEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#9FAEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEB3

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEB3	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABADB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.018 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc6c9',
    500: '#9faeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faeb3;
$custom-light: #bbc6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 11.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74066,
    "c": 0.0183,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEB3

secondary

#DAD5D4

accent

#615096

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEB3

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

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