#9CA8BE#9CA8BE

#9CA8BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.035 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8BE
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(219, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(219, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 0.45, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 12.69, 272.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0044 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.035 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0049, 38.7902, 54.2428)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8BE #BEB29C

analogous

#9CB9BE #9CA8BE #A19CBE

triadic

#9CA8BE #BE9CA8 #A8BE9C

tetradic

#9CA8BE #BE9CB9 #BEB29C #9CBEA1

square

#9CA8BE #BE9CB9 #BEB29C #9CBEA1

split-complementary

#9CA8BE #BEA19C #B9BE9C

monochromatic

#596987 #7788A6 #9CA8BE #C1C8D6 #E6E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9CA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#9CA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8BE

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8BE	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.035 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1d1',
    500: '#9ca8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8be;
$custom-light: #b9c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.03469,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8BE

secondary

#E0DCD6

accent

#80469F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8BE

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

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