#9CA2B2#9CA2B2

#9CA2B2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.024 H 269.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2B2
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 178)
HSL	hsl(224, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(224, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 1.14, -8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 9.06, 277.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0003 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.024 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6647, 36.1225, 47.2569)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2B2 #B2AC9C

analogous

#9CADB2 #9CA2B2 #A19CB2

triadic

#9CA2B2 #B29CA2 #A2B29C

tetradic

#9CA2B2 #B29CAD #B2AC9C #9CB2A1

square

#9CA2B2 #B29CAD #B2AC9C #9CB2A1

split-complementary

#9CA2B2 #B2A19C #ADB29C

monochromatic

#5D6477 #7A8297 #9CA2B2 #BEC2CD #E1E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9CA2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#9CA2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2B2

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2B2	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.024 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdc9',
    500: '#9ca2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2b2;
$custom-light: #b9bdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71256,
    "c": 0.02422,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2B2

secondary

#D9D7D1

accent

#834F97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2B2

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

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