#9CA1BF#9CA1BF

#9CA1BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.044 H 277.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA1BF
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(231, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(231, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 4.55, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 16.64, 285.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% 0.006 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.044 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8569, 36.3187, 54.4012)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA1BF #BFBA9C

analogous

#9CB2BF #9CA1BF #A89CBF

triadic

#9CA1BF #BF9CA1 #A1BF9C

tetradic

#9CA1BF #BF9CB2 #BFBA9C #9CBFA8

square

#9CA1BF #BF9CB2 #BFBA9C #9CBFA8

split-complementary

#9CA1BF #BFA89C #B2BF9C

monochromatic

#585F88 #777EA7 #9CA1BF #C1C4D7 #E6E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9CA1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#9CA1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA1BF

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA1BF	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.044 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bcd2',
    500: '#9ca1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca1bf;
$custom-light: #b9bcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71511,
    "c": 0.04394,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA1BF

secondary

#E1DFD6

accent

#9346A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA1BF

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

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