#9CA8B2#9CA8B2

#9CA8B2 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.020 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8B2
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(207, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -2.15, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 6.93, 251.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.009 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.02 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7470, 38.2870, 47.6176)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8B2 #B2A69C

analogous

#9CB2B1 #9CA8B2 #9C9DB2

triadic

#9CA8B2 #B29CA8 #A8B29C

tetradic

#9CA8B2 #B19CB2 #B2A69C #9DB29C

square

#9CA8B2 #B19CB2 #B2A69C #9DB29C

split-complementary

#9CA8B2 #B29C9D #B2B19C

monochromatic

#5D6B77 #7A8A97 #9CA8B2 #BEC6CD #E1E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9CA8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#9CA8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8B2

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8B2	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)

#A4A8B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.020 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1c9',
    500: '#9ca8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8b2;
$custom-light: #b9c1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72527,
    "c": 0.01987,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8B2

secondary

#D9D5D1

accent

#6F4F97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8B2

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

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