#9CA0CA#9CA0CA

#9CA0CA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.061 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA0CA
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(235, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(235, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 7.64, -21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 23.23, 289.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0111 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.061 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9391, 36.4731, 60.9595)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA0CA #CAC69C

analogous

#9CB7CA #9CA0CA #AF9CCA

triadic

#9CA0CA #CA9CA0 #A0CA9C

tetradic

#9CA0CA #CA9CB7 #CAC69C #9CCAAF

square

#9CA0CA #CA9CB7 #CAC69C #9CCAAF

split-complementary

#9CA0CA #CAAF9C #B7CA9C

monochromatic

#525899 #747AB5 #9CA0CA #C4C6DF #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9CA0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#9CA0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA0CA

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA0CA	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.061 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babcda',
    500: '#9ca0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca0ca;
$custom-light: #babcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 30.263,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71728,
    "c": 0.06115,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA0CA

secondary

#E7E6DB

accent

#A03DA9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111214

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA0CA

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

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