#9BA2BC#9BA2BC

#9BA2BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.039 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BA2BC
RGB	rgb(155, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(227, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(227, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 2.99, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 14.52, 281.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0024 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.039 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5128, 36.4395, 52.7297)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BA2BC #BCB59B

analogous

#9BB2BC #9BA2BC #A59BBC

triadic

#9BA2BC #BC9BA2 #A2BC9B

tetradic

#9BA2BC #BC9BB2 #BCB59B #9BBCA5

square

#9BA2BC #BC9BB2 #BCB59B #9BBCA5

split-complementary

#9BA2BC #BCA59B #B2BC9B

monochromatic

#596284 #7680A3 #9BA2BC #C0C4D5 #E4E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9BA2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#9BA2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BA2BC

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BA2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BA2BC	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ba2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.039 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8bdd0',
    500: '#9ba2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ba2bc;
$custom-light: #b8bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ba2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.273,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71531,
    "c": 0.03864,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BA2BC

secondary

#DFDCD4

accent

#8C479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BA2BC

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

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