#9AA8CB#9AA8CB

#9AA8CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.053 H 267.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AA8CB
RGB	rgb(154, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(223, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(223, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 2.80, -19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 19.65, 278.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0019 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.053 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1057, 39.1861, 62.0443)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AA8CB #CBBD9A

analogous

#9AC1CB #9AA8CB #A49ACB

triadic

#9AA8CB #CB9AA8 #A8CB9A

tetradic

#9AA8CB #CB9AC1 #CBBD9A #9ACBA4

square

#9AA8CB #CB9AC1 #CBBD9A #9ACBA4

split-complementary

#9AA8CB #CBA49A #C1CB9A

monochromatic

#50659B #7285B6 #9AA8CB #C2CBE0 #EBEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9AA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#9AA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AA8CB

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AA8CB	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9aa8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.053 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c1db',
    500: '#9aa8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9aa8cb;
$custom-light: #b8c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9aa8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 32.026,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73269,
    "c": 0.05325,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AA8CB

secondary

#E7E3DA

accent

#8B3BAB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AA8CB

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

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