#9CA4BA#9CA4BA

#9CA4BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.033 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4BA
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 186)
HSL	hsl(224, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(224, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 1.77, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 12.39, 278.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0002 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.033 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8466, 37.1634, 51.7295)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4BA #BAB29C

analogous

#9CB3BA #9CA4BA #A39CBA

triadic

#9CA4BA #BA9CA4 #A4BA9C

tetradic

#9CA4BA #BA9CB3 #BAB29C #9CBAA3

square

#9CA4BA #BA9CB3 #BAB29C #9CBAA3

split-complementary

#9CA4BA #BAA39C #B3BA9C

monochromatic

#5A6581 #7883A1 #9CA4BA #C0C5D3 #E4E6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9CA4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#9CA4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4BA

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4BA	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.033 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bece',
    500: '#9ca4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4ba;
$custom-light: #b9bece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71955,
    "c": 0.03322,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4BA

secondary

#DEDBD4

accent

#86499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4BA

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

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