#9CA4BC#9CA4BC

#9CA4BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.036 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4BC
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(225, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(225, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 2.21, -13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 13.46, 279.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0006 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.036 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0607, 37.2491, 52.8571)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4BC #BCB49C

analogous

#9CB4BC #9CA4BC #A49CBC

triadic

#9CA4BC #BC9CA4 #A4BC9C

tetradic

#9CA4BC #BC9CB4 #BCB49C #9CBCA4

square

#9CA4BC #BC9CB4 #BCB49C #9CBCA4

split-complementary

#9CA4BC #BCA49C #B4BC9C

monochromatic

#596484 #7882A3 #9CA4BC #C0C6D5 #E5E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9CA4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#9CA4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4BC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4BC	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.036 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bed0',
    500: '#9ca4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4bc;
$custom-light: #b9bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72026,
    "c": 0.03602,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4BC

secondary

#DFDCD5

accent

#88489E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4BC

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

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