#9CA0B0#9CA0B0

#9CA0B0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.024 H 274.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA0B0
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 176)
HSL	hsl(228, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(228, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 9.1%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 1.82, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 8.95, 281.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0019 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.024 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1159, 35.3438, 46.0905)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA0B0 #B0AC9C

analogous

#9CAAB0 #9CA0B0 #A29CB0

triadic

#9CA0B0 #B09CA0 #A0B09C

tetradic

#9CA0B0 #B09CAA #B0AC9C #9CB0A2

square

#9CA0B0 #B09CAA #B0AC9C #9CB0A2

split-complementary

#9CA0B0 #B0A29C #AAB09C

monochromatic

#5D6275 #7A7F95 #9CA0B0 #BEC1CB #E0E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9CA0B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#9CA0B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA0B0

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA0B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA0B0	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca0b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.024 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bcc7',
    500: '#9ca0b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca0b0;
$custom-light: #b9bcc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca0b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 11.236,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70767,
    "c": 0.02367,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA0B0

secondary

#D7D6D1

accent

#875095

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA0B0

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

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