#9FA0BB#9FA0BB

#9FA0BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.039 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA0BB
RGB	rgb(159, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(238, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(238, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 5.20, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 14.94, 290.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0092 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.039 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8365, 36.1000, 52.0840)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA0BB #BBBA9F

analogous

#9FAEBB #9FA0BB #AC9FBB

triadic

#9FA0BB #BB9FA0 #A0BB9F

tetradic

#9FA0BB #BB9FAE #BBBA9F #9FBBAC

square

#9FA0BB #BB9FAE #BBBA9F #9FBBAC

split-complementary

#9FA0BB #BBAC9F #AEBB9F

monochromatic

#5D5E83 #7B7DA2 #9FA0BB #C3C3D4 #E7E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9FA0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#9FA0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA0BB

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA0BB	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.039 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbccf',
    500: '#9fa0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa0bb;
$custom-light: #bbbccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71394,
    "c": 0.03908,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA0BB

secondary

#DFDFD7

accent

#984A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA0BB

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

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