#9CA8B0#9CA8B0

#9CA8B0 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.018 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8B0
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 176)
HSL	hsl(204, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 4.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -2.57, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 6.13, 245.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0098 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.018 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5476, 38.2072, 46.5678)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8B0 #B0A49C

analogous

#9CB0AE #9CA8B0 #9C9EB0

triadic

#9CA8B0 #B09CA8 #A8B09C

tetradic

#9CA8B0 #AE9CB0 #B0A49C #9EB09C

square

#9CA8B0 #AE9CB0 #B0A49C #9EB09C

split-complementary

#9CA8B0 #B09C9E #B0AE9C

monochromatic

#5D6B75 #7A8A95 #9CA8B0 #BEC6CB #E0E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9CA8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#9CA8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8B0

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8B0	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A8B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.018 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1c7',
    500: '#9ca8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8b0;
$custom-light: #b9c1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 11.236,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72462,
    "c": 0.01788,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8B0

secondary

#D7D3D1

accent

#6C5095

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8B0

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

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