#9CA0AC#9CA0AC

#9CA0AC is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.018 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA0AC
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 172)
HSL	hsl(225, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(225, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 0.99, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 6.78, 278.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0004 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.018 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7260, 35.1878, 44.0368)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA0AC #ACA89C

analogous

#9CA8AC #9CA0AC #A09CAC

triadic

#9CA0AC #AC9CA0 #A0AC9C

tetradic

#9CA0AC #AC9CA8 #ACA89C #9CACA0

square

#9CA0AC #AC9CA8 #ACA89C #9CACA0

split-complementary

#9CA0AC #ACA09C #A8AC9C

monochromatic

#5E6270 #7B8090 #9CA0AC #BDC0C8 #DFE0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#9CA0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#9CA0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA0AC

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA0AC	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.018 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bcc4',
    500: '#9ca0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca0ac;
$custom-light: #b9bcc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 8.791,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70632,
    "c": 0.018,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA0AC

secondary

#D5D3CF

accent

#835393

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA0AC

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

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