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#92a2bc

a light, soft blue · cool · closest name: Light Steel Blue

Token name suggestion: Morning Denim

RGB
146, 162, 188
HSL
217°, 24%, 66%
CMYK
22, 14, 0, 26
Luminance
0.3558

#92a2bc is a light soft blue, 217° on the wheel and 81/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.12:1). As text it scores 2.59:1 on white — use #60779C instead. Nearest name is Light Steel Blue, nearest Tailwind family is blue.

hsl(217 24% 66%)rgb(146 162 188)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #92a2bc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#92a2bc
Hue
217°
blue
Saturation
24%
soft
Lightness
66%
light
Brightness
74%
HSV value
Perceived
63%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3558
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
81/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
8.12:1
Closest name
Light Steel Blue
ΔE2000 9.4
Chroma
15.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.709
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
blue
500 · ΔE 16.1
Web-safe
#9999CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue217° of 360°
Saturation24%
Lightness66%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #92a2bc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool81% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red17%
Green73%
Blue10%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#92a2bc
HEX (8-digit)#92a2bcff
RGBrgb(146, 162, 188)
RGBArgba(146, 162, 188, 1)
HSLhsl(217, 24%, 66%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217, 22%, 74%)
HWBhwb(217 57% 26%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 14%, 0%, 26%)
LABlab(66.2 0.1 -15.3)
LCHlch(66.2 15.3 270.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.709 0.042 260.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(33.85, 35.58, 52.65)
Decimal9609916
Display P3color(display-p3 0.573 0.635 0.737)
Web-safe#9999CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #92a2bc;
background-color: #92a2bc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #92a2bc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#92a2bc] bg-[#92a2bc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #92a2bc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.573, green: 0.635, blue: 0.737)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.573, green: 0.635, blue: 0.737, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#92A2BC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF92A2BC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF92A2BC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(188, 162, 146)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(146, 162, 188)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(146, 162, 188)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 146, 162, 188)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5725f, 0.6353f, 0.7373f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{146,162,188}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #92a2bc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #92a2bc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#313C4F, #D9DFE8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #92a2bc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F7F9;
  --brand-100: #EDEFF3;
  --brand-200: #D7DCE5;
  --brand-300: #B9C4D4;
  --brand-400: #92a2bc;
  --brand-500: #7488AA;
  --brand-600: #5D7398;
  --brand-700: #4E607E;
  --brand-800: #3E4D65;
  --brand-900: #303A4B;
  --brand-950: #1E242F;
  --brand: #92a2bc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F7F9;
  --brand-border: #CCD4E0;
  --brand-hover: #7C8FAE;
  --brand-pressed: #667CA1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #151A23;
    --brand-ink: #D9DFE8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F7F9',
        100: '#EDEFF3',
        200: '#D7DCE5',
        300: '#B9C4D4',
        400: '#92a2bc',
        500: '#7488AA',
        600: '#5D7398',
        700: '#4E607E',
        800: '#3E4D65',
        900: '#303A4B',
        950: '#1E242F',
        DEFAULT: '#92a2bc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F7F9,
  '100': #EDEFF3,
  '200': #D7DCE5,
  '300': #B9C4D4,
  '400': #92a2bc,
  '500': #7488AA,
  '600': #5D7398,
  '700': #4E607E,
  '800': #3E4D65,
  '900': #303A4B,
  '950': #1E242F,
);
$brand-base: #92a2bc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F7F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDEFF3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D7DCE5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B9C4D4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#92a2bc", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7488AA", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5D7398", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4E607E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3E4D65", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#303A4B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1E242F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #92a2bc · 8.12:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.59:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.12:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #92a2bc as text scores 2.59:1 on white and 8.12:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #313C4F at 4.29:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#60779C · 4.55:1
AA on white−16% L
#60779C
The quick fox
#475873 · 7.21:1
AAA on white−29% L
#475873
The quick fox
#92a2bc · 8.12:1
AA on blackalready passes
#92a2bc
The quick fox
#92a2bc · 8.12:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#92a2bc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #8295B2 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#92a2bc on white: 2.59:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#92a2bc on black: 8.12:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #92a2bc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #92a2bc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.59:1AaAa
Slate 502.47:1AaAa
Slate 1002.36:1AaAa
Slate 2002.10:1AaAa
Slate 3001.74:1AaAa
Slate 4001.01:1AaAa
Slate 5001.84:1AaAa
Slate 6002.93:1AaAa
Slate 7004.00:1AaAa
Slate 8005.65:1AaAa
Slate 9006.90:1AaAa
Black8.12:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #9AA3BD
deuteranopia · #959FBB
tritanopia · #87A7AA

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #92a2bc is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F7F9
#EDEFF3
#D7DCE5
#B9C4D4
#92a2bc
#7488AA
#5D7398
#4E607E
#3E4D65
#303A4B
#1E242F
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F6F7F9Darkest = 950 · #1E242FText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.011 260.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.017 260.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.025 260.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.033 260.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.039 260.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.042 260.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.042 260.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.040 260.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.035 260.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.030 260.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.023 260.1);
}

Colors that work with #92a2bc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F6F7F9
Tinted page background
Border#CCD4E0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#576C8E
Captions on the surface
Accent#835F49
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#313C4F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF2F5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#151A23
Dark-mode background
Hover#7C8FAE
One step down in lightness
Pressed#667CA1
Two steps down
Disabled#D8DDE6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#97ABCC
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #92a2bc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #313C4F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #8295B2

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight35/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#BCAC92
Analogous left#92B7BC
Analogous right#9792BC
Split-complement 1#BC9792
Split-complement 2#B7BC92
Triadic 1#BC92A2
Triadic 2#A2BC92
Tetradic#BC92B7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°217°

#92a2bc sits at 217°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red57.3%
Green63.5%
Blue73.7%
R · 0–255
146
0x92
G · 0–255
162
0xa2
B · 0–255
188
0xbc

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.3%
Magenta13.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)26.3%

Total ink coverage is 62%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#92a2bc text on a black background

contrast 8.12:1

Card sample

#92a2bc text on a white background

contrast 2.59:1

Card sample

#92a2bc on grey

2.36:1

#92a2bc on its own surface

2.41:1

#92a2bc on its dark surface

6.74:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #92a2bc;
Background color
Panel with #92a2bc background
background-color: #92a2bc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #92a2bc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(146, 162, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(146, 162, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #92a2bc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #92a2bc, #9E92BC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #92a2bc, #A892BC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #92a2bc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #92a2bc;
caret-color: #92a2bc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #92a2bc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF2F5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #92a2bc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#92a2bc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #92a2bc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(146, 162, 188, 0.5)
rgb(146 162 188 / 50%)
#92a2bc80
hsl(217 24% 66% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #92a2bc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#92a2bc1a#F4F6F8
20%#92a2bc33#E9ECF2
40%#92a2bc66#D3DAE4
60%#92a2bc99#BEC7D7
80%#92a2bccc#A8B5C9

Gradients from #92a2bc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #B8C2D3, #92a2bc 45%, #313C4F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #92a2bc, #917FB0);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #92a2bc, #BCAC92);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CBD3DF 0%, #92a2bc 45%, #313C4F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F7F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B2CECF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #ACA5C8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #313C4F 0%, transparent 65%), #92a2bc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #92a2bc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#92a2bc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 8.12:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#92a2bc, answered

What color is #92a2bc?

#92a2bc is a light soft blue, closest to Light Steel Blue (ΔE2000 9.4). It sits at 217° on the hue wheel with 24% saturation and 66% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #92a2bc?

rgb(146, 162, 188) — 146 red, 162 green and 188 blue out of 255, or 57.3% / 63.5% / 73.7% by channel.

What is #92a2bc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(217, 24%, 66%) and hsv(217, 22%, 74%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #92a2bc a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3558 and perceived brightness is 63%, so black text on it reaches 8.12:1.

Should I use black or white text on #92a2bc?

Black. It scores 8.12:1 against #92a2bc, versus 2.59:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #92a2bc accessible on a white background?

#92a2bc on white scores 2.59:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #60779C to reach 4.5:1, or #475873 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #92a2bc?

#BCAC92 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BC9792 and #B7BC92, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #92a2bc?

For interface work: #F6F7F9 as the surface, #CCD4E0 for borders, #576C8E for secondary text, #835F49 as an accent and #313C4F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #92B7BC and #9792BC stays calm, while #BCAC92 is the loudest partner.

What is #92a2bc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(22%, 14%, 0%, 26%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #92a2bc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 81 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #9293BC; nudged cooler, #8098B4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #92a2bc?

The blue family — its 500 step is #3b82f6, ΔE2000 16.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #92a2bc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #92a2bc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#92a2bc] or text-[#92a2bc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #92a2bc with 50% opacity?

rgba(146, 162, 188, 0.5), or #92a2bc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C9D1DE; over black, #49515E.

Is #92a2bc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #9999CC, ΔE2000 8.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #92a2bc mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #92a2bc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #B8C2D3, #92a2bc 45%, #313C4F). For more colour, a short hue run to #917FB0 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #92a2bc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #92a2bc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.