#9D9CB8#9D9CB8

#9D9CB8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.041 H 286.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9CB8
RGB	rgb(157, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(242, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(242, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 6.11, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 15.58, 293.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0118 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.041 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4429, 34.4054, 50.1644)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9CB8 #B7B89C

analogous

#9CA9B8 #9D9CB8 #AB9CB8

triadic

#9D9CB8 #B89D9C #9CB89D

tetradic

#9D9CB8 #B89CA9 #B7B89C #9CB8AB

square

#9D9CB8 #B89CA9 #B7B89C #9CB8AB

split-complementary

#9D9CB8 #B8AB9C #A9B89C

monochromatic

#5C5B7F #7A789E #9D9CB8 #C0C0D2 #E4E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9D9CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#9D9CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9CB8

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9CB8	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.041 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab9cd',
    500: '#9d9cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9cb8;
$custom-light: #bab9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.143,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70298,
    "c": 0.0406,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9CB8

secondary

#DCDCD3

accent

#9B4B98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9CB8

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

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