#9FAEB8#9FAEB8

#9FAEB8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.022 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEB8
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(204, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -3.15, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 7.57, 245.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0121 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.022 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0838, 41.1030, 51.2653)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEB8 #B8A99F

analogous

#9FB8B6 #9FAEB8 #9FA2B8

triadic

#9FAEB8 #B89FAE #AEB89F

tetradic

#9FAEB8 #B69FB8 #B8A99F #A2B89F

square

#9FAEB8 #B69FB8 #B8A99F #A2B89F

split-complementary

#9FAEB8 #B89FA2 #B8B69F

monochromatic

#5E727F #7C909E #9FAEB8 #C2CCD2 #E5E9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9FAEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#9FAEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEB8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEB8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAADB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.022 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc6cd',
    500: '#9faeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faeb8;
$custom-light: #bbc6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 14.97,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74228,
    "c": 0.02217,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEB8

secondary

#DDD9D5

accent

#6B4C99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEB8

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

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