#9CA4B4#9CA4B4

#9CA4B4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.025 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4B4
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 180)
HSL	hsl(220, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(220, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 0.47, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 9.22, 272.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0024 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.025 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2221, 36.9136, 48.4405)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4B4 #B4AC9C

analogous

#9CB0B4 #9CA4B4 #A09CB4

triadic

#9CA4B4 #B49CA4 #A4B49C

tetradic

#9CA4B4 #B49CB0 #B4AC9C #9CB4A0

square

#9CA4B4 #B49CB0 #B4AC9C #9CB4A0

split-complementary

#9CA4B4 #B4A09C #B0B49C

monochromatic

#5C667A #79849A #9CA4B4 #BFC4CE #E2E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9CA4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#9CA4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4B4

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4B4	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)

#9FA5B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.025 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9beca',
    500: '#9ca4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4b4;
$custom-light: #b9beca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71746,
    "c": 0.02496,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4B4

secondary

#DAD7D2

accent

#7F4E98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4B4

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

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