#9CA8B4#9CA8B4

#9CA8B4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.022 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8B4
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(210, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(210, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -1.73, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 7.80, 257.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0082 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.022 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9492, 38.3679, 48.6829)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8B4 #B4A89C

analogous

#9CB4B4 #9CA8B4 #9C9CB4

triadic

#9CA8B4 #B49CA8 #A8B49C

tetradic

#9CA8B4 #B49CB4 #B4A89C #9CB49C

square

#9CA8B4 #B49CB4 #B4A89C #9CB49C

split-complementary

#9CA8B4 #B49C9C #B4B49C

monochromatic

#5C6B7A #79899A #9CA8B4 #BFC7CE #E2E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9CA8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#9CA8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8B4

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8B4	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.022 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1ca',
    500: '#9ca8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8b4;
$custom-light: #b9c1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72594,
    "c": 0.02209,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8B4

secondary

#DAD6D2

accent

#734E98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8B4

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

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