#9CA2AF#9CA2AF

#9CA2AF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.020 H 265.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2AF
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 175)
HSL	hsl(221, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(221, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 0.51, -7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 7.47, 273.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0014 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.02 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3668, 36.0034, 45.6879)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2AF #AFA99C

analogous

#9CACAF #9CA2AF #9F9CAF

triadic

#9CA2AF #AF9CA2 #A2AF9C

tetradic

#9CA2AF #AF9CAC #AFA99C #9CAF9F

square

#9CA2AF #AF9CAC #AFA99C #9CAF9F

split-complementary

#9CA2AF #AF9F9C #ACAF9C

monochromatic

#5D6473 #7A8294 #9CA2AF #BEC2CA #E0E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CA2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9CA2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2AF

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2AF	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.020 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdc6',
    500: '#9ca2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2af;
$custom-light: #b9bdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.053,
    "s": 10.615,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71155,
    "c": 0.02009,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2AF

secondary

#D7D5D0

accent

#7F5195

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2AF

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

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