#9CA5BC#9CA5BC

#9CA5BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.035 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA5BC
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(223, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(223, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 1.66, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 12.99, 277.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0009 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.035 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2404, 37.6084, 52.9170)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA5BC #BCB39C

analogous

#9CB5BC #9CA5BC #A39CBC

triadic

#9CA5BC #BC9CA5 #A5BC9C

tetradic

#9CA5BC #BC9CB5 #BCB39C #9CBCA3

square

#9CA5BC #BC9CB5 #BCB39C #9CBCA3

split-complementary

#9CA5BC #BCA39C #B5BC9C

monochromatic

#596584 #7884A3 #9CA5BC #C0C6D5 #E5E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9CA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#9CA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA5BC

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA5BC	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.035 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfd0',
    500: '#9ca5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca5bc;
$custom-light: #b9bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.125,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72236,
    "c": 0.03493,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA5BC

secondary

#DFDCD5

accent

#86489E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA5BC

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

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