#9CA4B8#9CA4B8

#9CA4B8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.030 H 268.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4B8
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 184)
HSL	hsl(223, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(223, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 1.33, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 11.33, 276.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0009 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.03 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6355, 37.0790, 50.6176)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4B8 #B8B09C

analogous

#9CB2B8 #9CA4B8 #A29CB8

triadic

#9CA4B8 #B89CA4 #A4B89C

tetradic

#9CA4B8 #B89CB2 #B8B09C #9CB8A2

square

#9CA4B8 #B89CB2 #B8B09C #9CB8A2

split-complementary

#9CA4B8 #B8A29C #B2B89C

monochromatic

#5B657F #78839E #9CA4B8 #C0C5D2 #E3E6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9CA4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#9CA4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4B8

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4B8	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.030 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9becd',
    500: '#9ca4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4b8;
$custom-light: #b9becd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71884,
    "c": 0.03044,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4B8

secondary

#DCDAD3

accent

#844B9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4B8

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

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