#9CA2BA#9CA2BA

#9CA2BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.036 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2BA
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 186)
HSL	hsl(228, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(228, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 2.88, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 13.38, 282.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0027 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.036 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4915, 36.4532, 51.6112)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2BA #BAB49C

analogous

#9CB1BA #9CA2BA #A59CBA

triadic

#9CA2BA #BA9CA2 #A2BA9C

tetradic

#9CA2BA #BA9CB1 #BAB49C #9CBAA5

square

#9CA2BA #BA9CB1 #BAB49C #9CBAA5

split-complementary

#9CA2BA #BAA59C #B1BA9C

monochromatic

#5A6281 #7880A1 #9CA2BA #C0C4D3 #E4E6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9CA2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#9CA2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2BA

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2BA	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.036 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdce',
    500: '#9ca2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2ba;
$custom-light: #b9bdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71536,
    "c": 0.03552,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2BA

secondary

#DEDCD4

accent

#8C499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2BA

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

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