#9CA7BB#9CA7BB

#9CA7BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.032 H 262.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA7BB
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 187)
HSL	hsl(219, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(219, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 0.33, -11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 11.57, 271.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0041 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.032 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4965, 38.2925, 52.4724)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA7BB #BBB09C

analogous

#9CB7BB #9CA7BB #A19CBB

triadic

#9CA7BB #BB9CA7 #A7BB9C

tetradic

#9CA7BB #BB9CB7 #BBB09C #9CBBA1

square

#9CA7BB #BB9CB7 #BBB09C #9CBBA1

split-complementary

#9CA7BB #BBA19C #B7BB9C

monochromatic

#5A6883 #7887A2 #9CA7BB #C0C7D4 #E5E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9CA7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#9CA7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA7BB

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA7BB	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.032 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1cf',
    500: '#9ca7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca7bb;
$custom-light: #b9c1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.71,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72621,
    "c": 0.03159,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA7BB

secondary

#DEDBD5

accent

#7F499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA7BB

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

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