#9CA7CA#9CA7CA

#9CA7CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.052 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA7CA
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 202)
HSL	hsl(226, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(226, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 3.74, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 19.49, 281.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.0013 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.052 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1869, 38.9687, 61.3754)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA7CA #CABF9C

analogous

#9CBECA #9CA7CA #A89CCA

triadic

#9CA7CA #CA9CA7 #A7CA9C

tetradic

#9CA7CA #CA9CBE #CABF9C #9CCAA8

square

#9CA7CA #CA9CBE #CABF9C #9CCAA8

split-complementary

#9CA7CA #CAA89C #BECA9C

monochromatic

#526399 #7484B5 #9CA7CA #C4CADF #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9CA7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#9CA7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA7CA

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA7CA	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.052 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1da',
    500: '#9ca7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca7ca;
$custom-light: #bac1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.652,
    "s": 30.263,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73171,
    "c": 0.0523,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA7CA

secondary

#E7E4DB

accent

#8F3DA9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111214

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA7CA

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

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