#9CA7CD#9CA7CD

#9CA7CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.057 H 272.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA7CD
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(227, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(227, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 4.44, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 21.10, 282.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0023 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.057 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5456, 39.1122, 63.2643)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA7CD #CDC29C

analogous

#9CBFCD #9CA7CD #A99CCD

triadic

#9CA7CD #CD9CA7 #A7CD9C

tetradic

#9CA7CD #CD9CBF #CDC29C #9CCDA9

square

#9CA7CD #CD9CBF #CDC29C #9CCDA9

split-complementary

#9CA7CD #CDA99C #BFCD9C

monochromatic

#50629F #7383B8 #9CA7CD #C5CBE2 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CA7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9CA7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA7CD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA7CD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.057 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1dc',
    500: '#9ca7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca7cd;
$custom-light: #bac1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.531,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73286,
    "c": 0.05653,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA7CD

secondary

#E9E6DC

accent

#923AAC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA7CD

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

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