#9CA2AC#9CA2AC

#9CA2AC is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.016 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2AC
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 172)
HSL	hsl(218, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(218, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -0.12, -5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 5.91, 268.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0026 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.016 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0755, 35.8868, 44.1533)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2AC #ACA69C

analogous

#9CAAAC #9CA2AC #9E9CAC

triadic

#9CA2AC #AC9CA2 #A2AC9C

tetradic

#9CA2AC #AC9CAA #ACA69C #9CAC9E

square

#9CA2AC #AC9CAA #ACA69C #9CAC9E

split-complementary

#9CA2AC #AC9E9C #AAAC9C

monochromatic

#5E6570 #7B8390 #9CA2AC #BDC1C8 #DFE1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9CA2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#9CA2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2AC

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2AC	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.016 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdc4',
    500: '#9ca2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2ac;
$custom-light: #b9bdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 8.791,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71055,
    "c": 0.01607,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2AC

secondary

#D5D3CF

accent

#7B5393

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2AC

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

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