#9CA2CD#9CA2CD

#9CA2CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.063 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2CD
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(233, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 7.23, -22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 23.76, 287.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0093 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.063 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6473, 37.3155, 62.9649)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2CD #CDC79C

analogous

#9CBACD #9CA2CD #AE9CCD

triadic

#9CA2CD #CD9CA2 #A2CD9C

tetradic

#9CA2CD #CD9CBA #CDC79C #9CCDAE

square

#9CA2CD #CD9CBA #CDC79C #9CCDAE

split-complementary

#9CA2CD #CDAE9C #BACD9C

monochromatic

#505A9F #737CB8 #9CA2CD #C5C8E2 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9CA2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#9CA2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2CD

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2CD	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.063 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babddc',
    500: '#9ca2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2cd;
$custom-light: #babddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.653,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72257,
    "c": 0.06279,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2CD

secondary

#E9E7DC

accent

#9E3AAC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2CD

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

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