#9CA8CE#9CA8CE

#9CA8CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.057 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8CE
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(226, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(226, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 4.12, -20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 21.13, 281.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0012 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.057 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8506, 39.5284, 63.9634)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8CE #CEC29C

analogous

#9CC1CE #9CA8CE #A99CCE

triadic

#9CA8CE #CE9CA8 #A8CE9C

tetradic

#9CA8CE #CE9CC1 #CEC29C #9CCEA9

square

#9CA8CE #CE9CC1 #CEC29C #9CCEA9

split-complementary

#9CA8CE #CEA99C #C1CE9C

monochromatic

#4F63A0 #7384BA #9CA8CE #C5CCE2 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9CA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8CE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8CE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.057 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1dd',
    500: '#9ca8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8ce;
$custom-light: #bac1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 33.784,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73532,
    "c": 0.05676,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8CE

secondary

#EAE6DC

accent

#9139AD

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8CE

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

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