#9CA0BE#9CA0BE

#9CA0BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.044 H 279.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA0BE
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(233, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(233, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 4.88, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 16.63, 287.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.007 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.044 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5732, 35.9267, 53.7656)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA0BE #BEBA9C

analogous

#9CB1BE #9CA0BE #A99CBE

triadic

#9CA0BE #BE9CA0 #A0BE9C

tetradic

#9CA0BE #BE9CB1 #BEBA9C #9CBEA9

square

#9CA0BE #BE9CB1 #BEBA9C #9CBEA9

split-complementary

#9CA0BE #BEA99C #B1BE9C

monochromatic

#595E87 #777DA6 #9CA0BE #C1C3D6 #E6E7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9CA0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#9CA0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA0BE

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA0BE	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.044 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bcd1',
    500: '#9ca0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca0be;
$custom-light: #b9bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71266,
    "c": 0.04381,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA0BE

secondary

#E0DFD6

accent

#95469F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA0BE

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

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