#9FAEB4#9FAEB4

#9FAEB4 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.019 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEB4
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(197, 12%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -3.99, -4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 6.28, 230.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0137 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.019 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6704, 40.9377, 49.0883)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEB4 #B4A59F

analogous

#9FB4B0 #9FAEB4 #9FA4B4

triadic

#9FAEB4 #B49FAE #AEB49F

tetradic

#9FAEB4 #B09FB4 #B4A59F #A4B49F

square

#9FAEB4 #B09FB4 #B4A59F #A4B49F

split-complementary

#9FAEB4 #B49FA4 #B4B09F

monochromatic

#5F727A #7D9199 #9FAEB4 #C1CBCF #E4E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9FAEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#9FAEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEB4

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEB4	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABADB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.019 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc6ca',
    500: '#9faeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faeb4;
$custom-light: #bbc6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 12.281,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74098,
    "c": 0.01892,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEB4

secondary

#DBD6D4

accent

#634F96

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEB4

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

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