#9CA5BB#9CA5BB

#9CA5BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.034 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA5BB
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(223, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(223, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 1.44, -12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 12.46, 276.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0013 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.034 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1329, 37.5654, 52.3512)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA5BB #BBB29C

analogous

#9CB5BB #9CA5BB #A39CBB

triadic

#9CA5BB #BB9CA5 #A5BB9C

tetradic

#9CA5BB #BB9CB5 #BBB29C #9CBBA3

square

#9CA5BB #BB9CB5 #BBB29C #9CBBA3

split-complementary

#9CA5BB #BBA39C #B5BB9C

monochromatic

#5A6683 #7884A2 #9CA5BB #C0C6D4 #E5E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CA5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#9CA5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA5BB

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA5BB	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.034 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfcf',
    500: '#9ca5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca5bb;
$custom-light: #b9bfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.581,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.722,
    "c": 0.03354,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA5BB

secondary

#DEDBD5

accent

#84499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA5BB

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

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