#9CA2C0#9CA2C0

#9CA2C0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.044 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2C0
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 192)
HSL	hsl(230, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(230, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 15.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 4.22, -16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 16.65, 284.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0049 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.044 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1428, 36.7137, 55.0412)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2C0 #C0BA9C

analogous

#9CB4C0 #9CA2C0 #A89CC0

triadic

#9CA2C0 #C09CA2 #A2C09C

tetradic

#9CA2C0 #C09CB4 #C0BA9C #9CC0A8

square

#9CA2C0 #C09CB4 #C0BA9C #9CC0A8

split-complementary

#9CA2C0 #C0A89C #B4C09C

monochromatic

#58608A #777FA8 #9CA2C0 #C1C5D8 #E7E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9CA2C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#9CA2C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2C0

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2C0	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA5C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.044 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdd3',
    500: '#9ca2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2c0;
$custom-light: #b9bdd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71755,
    "c": 0.04411,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2C0

secondary

#E1E0D6

accent

#9145A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2C0

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

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