#9C9AAA#9C9AAA

#9C9AAA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.023 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9AAA
RGB	rgb(156, 154, 170)
HSL	hsl(248, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(248, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, 3.91, -8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 8.96, 295.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0085 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.023 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5202, 33.0813, 42.6945)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9AAA #A8AA9A

analogous

#9AA0AA #9C9AAA #A49AAA

triadic

#9C9AAA #AA9C9A #9AAA9C

tetradic

#9C9AAA #AA9AA0 #A8AA9A #9AAAA4

square

#9C9AAA #AA9AA0 #A8AA9A #9AAAA4

split-complementary

#9C9AAA #AAA49A #A0AA9A

monochromatic

#5E5C6D #7B798E #9C9AAA #BDBBC6 #DDDCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9C9AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#9C9AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9AAA

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9AAA	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.023 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7c3',
    500: '#9c9aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9aaa;
$custom-light: #b9b7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 8.602,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69305,
    "c": 0.02327,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9AAA

secondary

#D2D3CD

accent

#93538B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9AAA

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

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