#9CA5CE#9CA5CE

#9CA5CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.060 H 275.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA5CE
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(229, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(229, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 5.79, -21.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 22.68, 284.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0054 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.06 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3031, 38.4335, 63.7809)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA5CE #CEC59C

analogous

#9CBECE #9CA5CE #AC9CCE

triadic

#9CA5CE #CE9CA5 #A5CE9C

tetradic

#9CA5CE #CE9CBE #CEC59C #9CCEAC

square

#9CA5CE #CE9CBE #CEC59C #9CCEAC

split-complementary

#9CA5CE #CEAC9C #BECE9C

monochromatic

#4F5EA0 #7380BA #9CA5CE #C5CAE2 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9CA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#9CA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA5CE

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA5CE	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.060 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babfdd',
    500: '#9ca5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca5ce;
$custom-light: #babfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.2,
    "s": 33.784,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72912,
    "c": 0.06037,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA5CE

secondary

#EAE7DC

accent

#9839AD

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA5CE

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

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