#9C9CB7#9C9CB7

#9C9CB7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.039 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9CB7
RGB	rgb(156, 156, 183)
HSL	hsl(240, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 5.56, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 15.01, 291.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0104 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.039 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1441, 34.2634, 49.6052)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9CB7 #B7B79C

analogous

#9CAAB7 #9C9CB7 #AA9CB7

triadic

#9C9CB7 #B79C9C #9CB79C

tetradic

#9C9CB7 #B79CAA #B7B79C #9CB7AA

square

#9C9CB7 #B79CAA #B7B79C #9CB7AA

split-complementary

#9C9CB7 #B7AA9C #AAB79C

monochromatic

#5B5B7D #79799D #9C9CB7 #BFBFD1 #E3E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9C9CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#9C9CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9CB7

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9CB7	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 156, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.039 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b9cc',
    500: '#9c9cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9cb7;
$custom-light: #b9b9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7018,
    "c": 0.03919,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9CB7

secondary

#DCDCD3

accent

#9A4B9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9CB7

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

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