#9AA8CD#9AA8CD

#9AA8CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.056 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AA8CD
RGB	rgb(154, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(224, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(224, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 3.27, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 20.71, 279.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0012 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.056 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3456, 39.2820, 63.3076)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AA8CD #CDBF9A

analogous

#9AC2CD #9AA8CD #A59ACD

triadic

#9AA8CD #CD9AA8 #A8CD9A

tetradic

#9AA8CD #CD9AC2 #CDBF9A #9ACDA5

square

#9AA8CD #CD9AC2 #CDBF9A #9ACDA5

split-complementary

#9AA8CD #CDA59A #C2CD9A

monochromatic

#4E649E #7185B9 #9AA8CD #C3CBE1 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9AA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9AA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AA8CD

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AA8CD	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DAFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9aa8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.056 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c1dc',
    500: '#9aa8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9aa8cd;
$custom-light: #b8c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9aa8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.529,
    "s": 33.775,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73346,
    "c": 0.05603,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AA8CD

secondary

#E8E5DA

accent

#8D39AD

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AA8CD

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

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