#9CA8BF#9CA8BF

#9CA8BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.036 H 263.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8BF
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(219, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(219, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 0.67, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 13.21, 272.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0041 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.036 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1146, 38.8340, 54.8204)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8BF #BFB39C

analogous

#9CB9BF #9CA8BF #A19CBF

triadic

#9CA8BF #BF9CA8 #A8BF9C

tetradic

#9CA8BF #BF9CB9 #BFB39C #9CBFA1

square

#9CA8BF #BF9CB9 #BFB39C #9CBFA1

split-complementary

#9CA8BF #BFA19C #B9BF9C

monochromatic

#586988 #7787A7 #9CA8BF #C1C9D7 #E6E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9CA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#9CA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8BF

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8BF	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.036 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1d2',
    500: '#9ca8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8bf;
$custom-light: #b9c1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.429,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72973,
    "c": 0.03603,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8BF

secondary

#E1DDD6

accent

#8146A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8BF

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

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