#9CA3BD#9CA3BD

#9CA3BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.039 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA3BD
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(227, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(227, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 2.99, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 14.50, 281.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0024 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.039 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9906, 36.9358, 53.3674)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA3BD #BDB69C

analogous

#9CB3BD #9CA3BD #A59CBD

triadic

#9CA3BD #BD9CA3 #A3BD9C

tetradic

#9CA3BD #BD9CB3 #BDB69C #9CBDA5

square

#9CA3BD #BD9CB3 #BDB69C #9CBDA5

split-complementary

#9CA3BD #BDA59C #B3BD9C

monochromatic

#596286 #7781A5 #9CA3BD #C1C5D5 #E5E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9CA3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#9CA3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA3BD

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA3BD	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.039 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bed0',
    500: '#9ca3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca3bd;
$custom-light: #b9bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.273,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71853,
    "c": 0.03859,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA3BD

secondary

#E0DDD5

accent

#8C479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA3BD

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

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