#9CA5BF#9CA5BF

#9CA5BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.039 H 270.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA5BF
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(225, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(225, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 2.33, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 14.59, 279.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.0002 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.039 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5671, 37.7391, 54.6379)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA5BF #BFB69C

analogous

#9CB6BF #9CA5BF #A49CBF

triadic

#9CA5BF #BF9CA5 #A5BF9C

tetradic

#9CA5BF #BF9CB6 #BFB69C #9CBFA4

square

#9CA5BF #BF9CB6 #BFB69C #9CBFA4

split-complementary

#9CA5BF #BFA49C #B6BF9C

monochromatic

#586588 #7783A7 #9CA5BF #C1C7D7 #E6E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9CA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#9CA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA5BF

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA5BF	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.039 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfd2',
    500: '#9ca5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca5bf;
$custom-light: #b9bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.571,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72344,
    "c": 0.03912,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA5BF

secondary

#E1DED6

accent

#8946A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA5BF

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

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