#9CA5BD#9CA5BD

#9CA5BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.036 H 269.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA5BD
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(224, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(224, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 1.88, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 13.52, 277.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0005 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.036 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3485, 37.6517, 53.4867)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA5BD #BDB49C

analogous

#9CB6BD #9CA5BD #A39CBD

triadic

#9CA5BD #BD9CA5 #A5BD9C

tetradic

#9CA5BD #BD9CB6 #BDB49C #9CBDA3

square

#9CA5BD #BD9CB6 #BDB49C #9CBDA3

split-complementary

#9CA5BD #BDA39C #B6BD9C

monochromatic

#596586 #7784A5 #9CA5BD #C1C6D5 #E5E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9CA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#9CA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA5BD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA5BD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.036 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfd0',
    500: '#9ca5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca5bd;
$custom-light: #b9bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72272,
    "c": 0.03632,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA5BD

secondary

#E0DDD5

accent

#87479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA5BD

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

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