#9FA0AE#9FA0AE

#9FA0AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.020 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA0AE
RGB	rgb(159, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(236, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(236, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 2.43, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 7.75, 288.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0044 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.02 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5073, 35.5683, 45.0836)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA0AE #AEAD9F

analogous

#9FA7AE #9FA0AE #A59FAE

triadic

#9FA0AE #AE9FA0 #A0AE9F

tetradic

#9FA0AE #AE9FA7 #AEAD9F #9FAEA5

square

#9FA0AE #AE9FA7 #AEAD9F #9FAEA5

split-complementary

#9FA0AE #AEA59F #A7AE9F

monochromatic

#606272 #7E7F92 #9FA0AE #C0C1CA #E1E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#9FA0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#9FA0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA0AE

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA0AE	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.020 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbcc6',
    500: '#9fa0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa0ae;
$custom-light: #bbbcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 8.475,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7094,
    "c": 0.02025,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA0AE

secondary

#D7D7D2

accent

#8E5392

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA0AE

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

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