#9DA5BC#9DA5BC

#9DA5BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.035 H 270.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DA5BC
RGB	rgb(157, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(225, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(225, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 1.98, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 12.91, 278.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.0002 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.035 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4347, 37.7086, 52.9261)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DA5BC #BCB49D

analogous

#9DB4BC #9DA5BC #A49DBC

triadic

#9DA5BC #BC9DA5 #A5BC9D

tetradic

#9DA5BC #BC9DB4 #BCB49D #9DBCA4

square

#9DA5BC #BC9DB4 #BCB49D #9DBCA4

split-complementary

#9DA5BC #BCA49D #B4BC9D

monochromatic

#5A6584 #7984A3 #9DA5BC #C1C6D5 #E6E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9DA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#9DA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DA5BC

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DA5BC	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9da5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.035 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babfd0',
    500: '#9da5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9da5bc;
$custom-light: #babfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9da5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.516,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72313,
    "c": 0.03458,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DA5BC

secondary

#DFDDD6

accent

#87489D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DA5BC

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

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