#9CA8BB#9CA8BB

#9CA8BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.031 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8BB
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(217, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(217, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -0.22, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 11.17, 268.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0056 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.031 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6804, 38.6603, 52.5337)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8BB #BBAF9C

analogous

#9CB8BB #9CA8BB #A09CBB

triadic

#9CA8BB #BB9CA8 #A8BB9C

tetradic

#9CA8BB #BB9CB8 #BBAF9C #9CBBA0

square

#9CA8BB #BB9CB8 #BBAF9C #9CBBA0

split-complementary

#9CA8BB #BBA09C #B8BB9C

monochromatic

#5A6A83 #7888A2 #9CA8BB #C0C8D4 #E5E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9CA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#9CA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8BB

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8BB	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.031 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1cf',
    500: '#9ca8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8bb;
$custom-light: #b9c1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.774,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72832,
    "c": 0.03073,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8BB

secondary

#DEDBD5

accent

#7C499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8BB

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

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