#9CA8CD#9CA8CD

#9CA8CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.055 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8CD
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(225, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(225, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 3.88, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 20.59, 280.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0009 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.055 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7295, 39.4800, 63.3256)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8CD #CDC19C

analogous

#9CC0CD #9CA8CD #A89CCD

triadic

#9CA8CD #CD9CA8 #A8CD9C

tetradic

#9CA8CD #CD9CC0 #CDC19C #9CCDA8

square

#9CA8CD #CD9CC0 #CDC19C #9CCDA8

split-complementary

#9CA8CD #CDA89C #C0CD9C

monochromatic

#50639F #7384B8 #9CA8CD #C5CCE2 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#9CA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8CD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8CD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.055 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1dc',
    500: '#9ca8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8cd;
$custom-light: #bac1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.306,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73493,
    "c": 0.05536,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8CD

secondary

#E9E6DC

accent

#903AAC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8CD

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

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