#9CA3BB#9CA3BB

#9CA3BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.036 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA3BB
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 187)
HSL	hsl(226, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(226, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 2.54, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 13.42, 280.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0016 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.036 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7750, 36.8496, 52.2319)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA3BB #BBB49C

analogous

#9CB3BB #9CA3BB #A59CBB

triadic

#9CA3BB #BB9CA3 #A3BB9C

tetradic

#9CA3BB #BB9CB3 #BBB49C #9CBBA5

square

#9CA3BB #BB9CB3 #BBB49C #9CBBA5

split-complementary

#9CA3BB #BBA59C #B3BB9C

monochromatic

#5A6383 #7881A2 #9CA3BB #C0C5D4 #E5E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9CA3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#9CA3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA3BB

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA3BB	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.036 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9becf',
    500: '#9ca3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca3bb;
$custom-light: #b9becf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.452,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71781,
    "c": 0.03576,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA3BB

secondary

#DEDCD5

accent

#8A499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA3BB

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

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