#9DA3BC#9DA3BC

#9DA3BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.037 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DA3BC
RGB	rgb(157, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(228, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(228, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 3.09, -13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 13.91, 282.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0031 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.037 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0768, 36.9928, 52.8068)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DA3BC #BCB69D

analogous

#9DB2BC #9DA3BC #A69DBC

triadic

#9DA3BC #BC9DA3 #A3BC9D

tetradic

#9DA3BC #BC9DB2 #BCB69D #9DBCA6

square

#9DA3BC #BC9DB2 #BCB69D #9DBCA6

split-complementary

#9DA3BC #BCA69D #B2BC9D

monochromatic

#5A6284 #7981A3 #9DA3BC #C1C5D5 #E6E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9DA3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#9DA3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DA3BC

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DA3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DA3BC	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9da3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.037 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babed0',
    500: '#9da3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9da3bc;
$custom-light: #babed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9da3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.387,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71895,
    "c": 0.03691,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DA3BC

secondary

#DFDDD6

accent

#8D489D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DA3BC

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

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