#9CA1C8#9CA1C8

#9CA1C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.057 H 279.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA1C8
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 200)
HSL	hsl(233, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(233, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 19.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 6.61, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 21.58, 287.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.009 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.057 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8779, 36.7271, 59.7785)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA1C8 #C8C39C

analogous

#9CB7C8 #9CA1C8 #AD9CC8

triadic

#9CA1C8 #C89CA1 #A1C89C

tetradic

#9CA1C8 #C89CB7 #C8C39C #9CC8AD

square

#9CA1C8 #C89CB7 #C8C39C #9CC8AD

split-complementary

#9CA1C8 #C8AD9C #B7C89C

monochromatic

#535B96 #757CB2 #9CA1C8 #C3C6DE #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9CA1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#9CA1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA1C8

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA1C8	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.057 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bcd8',
    500: '#9ca1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca1c8;
$custom-light: #b9bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.182,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71854,
    "c": 0.05692,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA1C8

secondary

#E6E5DA

accent

#9B3EA7

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111214

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA1C8

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

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