#9CA2BB#9CA2BB

#9CA2BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.037 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2BB
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 187)
HSL	hsl(228, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(228, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 3.10, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 13.93, 282.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0031 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.037 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5982, 36.4959, 52.1730)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2BB #BBB59C

analogous

#9CB2BB #9CA2BB #A69CBB

triadic

#9CA2BB #BB9CA2 #A2BB9C

tetradic

#9CA2BB #BB9CB2 #BBB59C #9CBBA6

square

#9CA2BB #BB9CB2 #BBB59C #9CBBA6

split-complementary

#9CA2BB #BBA69C #B2BB9C

monochromatic

#5A6283 #7880A2 #9CA2BB #C0C4D4 #E5E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9CA2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#9CA2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2BB

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2BB	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.037 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdcf',
    500: '#9ca2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2bb;
$custom-light: #b9bdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.387,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71572,
    "c": 0.03695,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2BB

secondary

#DEDCD5

accent

#8D499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2BB

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

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