#9CA2BD#9CA2BD

#9CA2BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.040 H 275.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2BD
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(229, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(229, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 3.54, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 15.02, 283.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0038 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.04 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8138, 36.5821, 53.3084)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2BD #BDB79C

analogous

#9CB2BD #9CA2BD #A69CBD

triadic

#9CA2BD #BD9CA2 #A2BD9C

tetradic

#9CA2BD #BD9CB2 #BDB79C #9CBDA6

square

#9CA2BD #BD9CB2 #BDB79C #9CBDA6

split-complementary

#9CA2BD #BDA69C #B2BD9C

monochromatic

#596186 #7780A5 #9CA2BD #C1C4D5 #E5E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9CA2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#9CA2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2BD

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2BD	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.040 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdd0',
    500: '#9ca2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2bd;
$custom-light: #b9bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71645,
    "c": 0.03981,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2BD

secondary

#E0DED5

accent

#8E479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2BD

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

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