#9CA3CC#9CA3CC

#9CA3CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.060 H 277.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA3CC
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(231, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(231, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 6.43, -21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 22.67, 286.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.0076 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.06 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7038, 37.6211, 62.3902)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA3CC #CCC59C

analogous

#9CBBCC #9CA3CC #AD9CCC

triadic

#9CA3CC #CC9CA3 #A3CC9C

tetradic

#9CA3CC #CC9CBB #CCC59C #9CCCAD

square

#9CA3CC #CC9CBB #CCC59C #9CCCAD

split-complementary

#9CA3CC #CCAD9C #BBCC9C

monochromatic

#515C9D #747DB7 #9CA3CC #C4C9E1 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9CA3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#9CA3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA3CC

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA3CC	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.060 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babedb',
    500: '#9ca3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca3cc;
$custom-light: #babedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.25,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72422,
    "c": 0.06005,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA3CC

secondary

#E8E7DB

accent

#9A3BAB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA3CC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →