#9FAEB9#9FAEB9

#9FAEB9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.023 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEB9
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -2.93, -7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 7.96, 248.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0117 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.023 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1890, 41.1451, 51.8193)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEB9 #B9AA9F

analogous

#9FB9B7 #9FAEB9 #9FA1B9

triadic

#9FAEB9 #B99FAE #AEB99F

tetradic

#9FAEB9 #B79FB9 #B9AA9F #A1B99F

square

#9FAEB9 #B79FB9 #B9AA9F #A1B99F

split-complementary

#9FAEB9 #B99FA1 #B9B79F

monochromatic

#5D7180 #7C909F #9FAEB9 #C2CCD3 #E6EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9FAEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#9FAEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEB9

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEB9	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.023 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc6ce',
    500: '#9faeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faeb9;
$custom-light: #bbc6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 15.663,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74261,
    "c": 0.02313,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEB9

secondary

#DED9D6

accent

#6D4C9A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEB9

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

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