#9CA4BE#9CA4BE

#9CA4BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.039 H 271.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4BE
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(226, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(226, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 2.66, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 14.54, 280.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0013 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.039 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2778, 37.3359, 54.0005)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4BE #BEB69C

analogous

#9CB5BE #9CA4BE #A59CBE

triadic

#9CA4BE #BE9CA4 #A4BE9C

tetradic

#9CA4BE #BE9CB5 #BEB69C #9CBEA5

square

#9CA4BE #BE9CB5 #BEB69C #9CBEA5

split-complementary

#9CA4BE #BEA59C #B5BE9C

monochromatic

#596487 #7782A6 #9CA4BE #C1C6D6 #E6E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9CA4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#9CA4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4BE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4BE	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.039 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bed1',
    500: '#9ca4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4be;
$custom-light: #b9bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72099,
    "c": 0.03884,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4BE

secondary

#E0DED6

accent

#8A469F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4BE

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

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