#9CA2B6#9CA2B6

#9CA2B6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.030 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2B6
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 182)
HSL	hsl(226, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(226, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 11%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 2.00, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 11.21, 280.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0012 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.03 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0722, 36.2855, 49.4029)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2B6 #B6B09C

analogous

#9CAFB6 #9CA2B6 #A39CB6

triadic

#9CA2B6 #B69CA2 #A2B69C

tetradic

#9CA2B6 #B69CAF #B6B09C #9CB6A3

square

#9CA2B6 #B69CAF #B6B09C #9CB6A3

split-complementary

#9CA2B6 #B6A39C #AFB69C

monochromatic

#5C637C #79819C #9CA2B6 #BFC3D0 #E2E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9CA2B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#9CA2B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2B6

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2B6	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.030 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdcb',
    500: '#9ca2b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2b6;
$custom-light: #b9bdcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71394,
    "c": 0.02985,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2B6

secondary

#DBD9D3

accent

#884C99

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2B6

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

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