#9CA2BC#9CA2BC

#9CA2BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.038 H 275.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2BC
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(229, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(229, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 3.32, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 14.47, 283.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0034 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.038 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7056, 36.5389, 52.7388)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2BC #BCB69C

analogous

#9CB2BC #9CA2BC #A69CBC

triadic

#9CA2BC #BC9CA2 #A2BC9C

tetradic

#9CA2BC #BC9CB2 #BCB69C #9CBCA6

square

#9CA2BC #BC9CB2 #BCB69C #9CBCA6

split-complementary

#9CA2BC #BCA69C #B2BC9C

monochromatic

#596184 #7880A3 #9CA2BC #C0C4D5 #E5E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9CA2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#9CA2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2BC

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2BC	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.038 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdd0',
    500: '#9ca2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2bc;
$custom-light: #b9bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71608,
    "c": 0.03838,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2BC

secondary

#DFDDD5

accent

#8E489E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2BC

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

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