#9CA3BC#9CA3BC

#9CA3BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.037 H 273.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA3BC
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(227, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(227, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 2.76, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 13.96, 281.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.002 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.037 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8825, 36.8926, 52.7977)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA3BC #BCB59C

analogous

#9CB3BC #9CA3BC #A59CBC

triadic

#9CA3BC #BC9CA3 #A3BC9C

tetradic

#9CA3BC #BC9CB3 #BCB59C #9CBCA5

square

#9CA3BC #BC9CB3 #BCB59C #9CBCA5

split-complementary

#9CA3BC #BCA59C #B3BC9C

monochromatic

#596384 #7881A3 #9CA3BC #C0C5D5 #E5E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9CA3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#9CA3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA3BC

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA3BC	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.037 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bed0',
    500: '#9ca3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca3bc;
$custom-light: #b9bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71817,
    "c": 0.03717,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA3BC

secondary

#DFDDD5

accent

#8B489E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA3BC

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

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