#9CB0CD#9CB0CD

#9CB0CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.047 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB0CD
RGB	rgb(156, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(216, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -0.52, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 17.00, 268.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0102 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.047 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2521, 42.5252, 63.8332)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB0CD #CDB99C

analogous

#9CC8CD #9CB0CD #A09CCD

triadic

#9CB0CD #CD9CB0 #B0CD9C

tetradic

#9CB0CD #CD9CC8 #CDB99C #9CCDA0

square

#9CB0CD #CD9CC8 #CDB99C #9CCDA0

split-complementary

#9CB0CD #CDA09C #C8CD9C

monochromatic

#50709F #7390B8 #9CB0CD #C5D0E2 #EBEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#9CB0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#9CB0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB0CD

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB0CD	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.047 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac7dc',
    500: '#9cb0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb0cd;
$custom-light: #bac7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.51,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75165,
    "c": 0.04748,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB0CD

secondary

#E9E4DC

accent

#7D3AAC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB0CD

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

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