#9CA6B4#9CA6B4

#9CA6B4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.023 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA6B4
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 180)
HSL	hsl(215, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(215, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -0.63, -8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 8.43, 265.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0053 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.023 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5828, 37.6351, 48.5608)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA6B4 #B4AA9C

analogous

#9CB2B4 #9CA6B4 #9E9CB4

triadic

#9CA6B4 #B49CA6 #A6B49C

tetradic

#9CA6B4 #B49CB2 #B4AA9C #9CB49E

square

#9CA6B4 #B49CB2 #B4AA9C #9CB49E

split-complementary

#9CA6B4 #B49E9C #B2B49C

monochromatic

#5C687A #79879A #9CA6B4 #BFC5CE #E2E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9CA6B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#9CA6B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA6B4

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA6B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA6B4	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)

#A1A6B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca6b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.023 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c0ca',
    500: '#9ca6b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca6b4;
$custom-light: #b9c0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca6b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72169,
    "c": 0.02329,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA6B4

secondary

#DAD7D2

accent

#794E98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA6B4

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

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