#9CA1CA#9CA1CA

#9CA1CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.060 H 279.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA1CA
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 202)
HSL	hsl(233, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(233, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 7.08, -21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 22.67, 288.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0097 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.06 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1132, 36.8212, 61.0175)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA1CA #CAC59C

analogous

#9CB8CA #9CA1CA #AE9CCA

triadic

#9CA1CA #CA9CA1 #A1CA9C

tetradic

#9CA1CA #CA9CB8 #CAC59C #9CCAAE

square

#9CA1CA #CA9CB8 #CAC59C #9CCAAE

split-complementary

#9CA1CA #CAAE9C #B8CA9C

monochromatic

#525A99 #747BB5 #9CA1CA #C4C7DF #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9CA1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#9CA1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA1CA

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA1CA	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.060 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babcda',
    500: '#9ca1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca1ca;
$custom-light: #babcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.478,
    "s": 30.263,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71933,
    "c": 0.0598,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA1CA

secondary

#E7E6DB

accent

#9D3DA9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111214

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA1CA

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

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