#9CA4B2#9CA4B2

#9CA4B2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.022 H 261.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4B2
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 178)
HSL	hsl(218, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(218, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 0.04, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 8.19, 270.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0032 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.022 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0198, 36.8327, 47.3753)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4B2 #B2AA9C

analogous

#9CAFB2 #9CA4B2 #9F9CB2

triadic

#9CA4B2 #B29CA4 #A4B29C

tetradic

#9CA4B2 #B29CAF #B2AA9C #9CB29F

square

#9CA4B2 #B29CAF #B2AA9C #9CB29F

split-complementary

#9CA4B2 #B29F9C #AFB29C

monochromatic

#5D6677 #7A8497 #9CA4B2 #BEC4CD #E1E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9CA4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#9CA4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4B2

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4B2	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)

#A0A5B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.022 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bec9',
    500: '#9ca4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4b2;
$custom-light: #b9bec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71678,
    "c": 0.02228,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4B2

secondary

#D9D6D1

accent

#7D4F97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4B2

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

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