#9CA6B2#9CA6B2

#9CA6B2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.021 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA6B2
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 178)
HSL	hsl(213, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(213, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 6.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -1.06, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 7.46, 261.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0061 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.021 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3806, 37.5542, 47.4955)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA6B2 #B2A89C

analogous

#9CB1B2 #9CA6B2 #9D9CB2

triadic

#9CA6B2 #B29CA6 #A6B29C

tetradic

#9CA6B2 #B29CB1 #B2A89C #9CB29D

square

#9CA6B2 #B29CB1 #B2A89C #9CB29D

split-complementary

#9CA6B2 #B29D9C #B1B29C

monochromatic

#5D6977 #7A8797 #9CA6B2 #BEC5CD #E1E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CA6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#9CA6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA6B2

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA6B2	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A6B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.021 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c0c9',
    500: '#9ca6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca6b2;
$custom-light: #b9c0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72102,
    "c": 0.02081,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA6B2

secondary

#D9D5D1

accent

#764F97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA6B2

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

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