#9FAEB5#9FAEB5

#9FAEB5 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.020 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEB5
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(199, 13%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -3.78, -5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 6.56, 234.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0133 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.02 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7727, 40.9786, 49.6267)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEB5 #B5A69F

analogous

#9FB5B1 #9FAEB5 #9FA3B5

triadic

#9FAEB5 #B59FAE #AEB59F

tetradic

#9FAEB5 #B19FB5 #B5A69F #A3B59F

square

#9FAEB5 #B19FB5 #B5A69F #A3B59F

split-complementary

#9FAEB5 #B59FA3 #B5B19F

monochromatic

#5F727B #7C919A #9FAEB5 #C2CBD0 #E4E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9FAEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#9FAEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEB5

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEB5	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)

#AAADB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.020 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc6cb',
    500: '#9faeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faeb5;
$custom-light: #bbc6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 12.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7413,
    "c": 0.01962,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEB5

secondary

#DBD7D4

accent

#664E97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEB5

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

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