#9CA2B8#9CA2B8

#9CA2B8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.033 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2B8
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 184)
HSL	hsl(227, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(227, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 12%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 2.44, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 12.30, 281.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.002 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.033 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2804, 36.3688, 50.4992)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2B8 #B8B29C

analogous

#9CB0B8 #9CA2B8 #A49CB8

triadic

#9CA2B8 #B89CA2 #A2B89C

tetradic

#9CA2B8 #B89CB0 #B8B29C #9CB8A4

square

#9CA2B8 #B89CB0 #B8B29C #9CB8A4

split-complementary

#9CA2B8 #B8A49C #B0B89C

monochromatic

#5B637F #78819E #9CA2B8 #C0C3D2 #E3E5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9CA2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#9CA2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2B8

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2B8	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.033 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdcd',
    500: '#9ca2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2b8;
$custom-light: #b9bdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71465,
    "c": 0.03268,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2B8

secondary

#DCDAD3

accent

#8A4B9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2B8

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

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