#9CA5CC#9CA5CC

#9CA5CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.058 H 274.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA5CC
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(229, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(229, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, 5.32, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 21.60, 284.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0047 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.058 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0617, 38.3369, 62.5095)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA5CC #CCC39C

analogous

#9CBDCC #9CA5CC #AB9CCC

triadic

#9CA5CC #CC9CA5 #A5CC9C

tetradic

#9CA5CC #CC9CBD #CCC39C #9CCCAB

square

#9CA5CC #CC9CBD #CCC39C #9CCCAB

split-complementary

#9CA5CC #CCAB9C #BDCC9C

monochromatic

#515F9D #7480B7 #9CA5CC #C4CAE1 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9CA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#9CA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA5CC

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA5CC	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.058 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babfdb',
    500: '#9ca5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca5cc;
$custom-light: #babfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72834,
    "c": 0.05753,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA5CC

secondary

#E8E6DB

accent

#963BAB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA5CC

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

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