#9CA1CD#9CA1CD

#9CA1CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.064 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA1CD
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(234, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(234, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 7.79, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 24.32, 288.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0107 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.064 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4718, 36.9646, 62.9064)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA1CD #CDC89C

analogous

#9CB9CD #9CA1CD #AF9CCD

triadic

#9CA1CD #CD9CA1 #A1CD9C

tetradic

#9CA1CD #CD9CB9 #CDC89C #9CCDAF

square

#9CA1CD #CD9CB9 #CDC89C #9CCDAF

split-complementary

#9CA1CD #CDAF9C #B9CD9C

monochromatic

#50589F #737AB8 #9CA1CD #C5C8E2 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9CA1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#9CA1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA1CD

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA1CD	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.064 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babcdc',
    500: '#9ca1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca1cd;
$custom-light: #babcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.878,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72052,
    "c": 0.06413,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA1CD

secondary

#E9E8DC

accent

#A03AAC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA1CD

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

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