#9CA2BE#9CA2BE

#9CA2BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.041 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2BE
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(229, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(229, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 3.77, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 15.56, 284.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0042 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.041 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9227, 36.6257, 53.8821)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2BE #BEB89C

analogous

#9CB3BE #9CA2BE #A79CBE

triadic

#9CA2BE #BE9CA2 #A2BE9C

tetradic

#9CA2BE #BE9CB3 #BEB89C #9CBEA7

square

#9CA2BE #BE9CB3 #BEB89C #9CBEA7

split-complementary

#9CA2BE #BEA79C #B3BE9C

monochromatic

#596187 #777FA6 #9CA2BE #C1C5D6 #E6E7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9CA2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#9CA2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2BE

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2BE	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.041 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdd1',
    500: '#9ca2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2be;
$custom-light: #b9bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.04124,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2BE

secondary

#E0DED6

accent

#8F469F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2BE

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

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