#9FA0BC#9FA0BC

#9FA0BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.041 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA0BC
RGB	rgb(159, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(238, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(238, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 5.42, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 15.49, 290.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0096 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.041 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9440, 36.1430, 52.6498)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA0BC #BCBB9F

analogous

#9FAEBC #9FA0BC #AC9FBC

triadic

#9FA0BC #BC9FA0 #A0BC9F

tetradic

#9FA0BC #BC9FAE #BCBB9F #9FBCAC

square

#9FA0BC #BC9FAE #BCBB9F #9FBCAC

split-complementary

#9FA0BC #BCAC9F #AEBC9F

monochromatic

#5C5E84 #7B7CA3 #9FA0BC #C3C4D5 #E7E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9FA0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#9FA0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA0BC

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA0BC	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.041 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbcd0',
    500: '#9fa0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa0bc;
$custom-light: #bbbcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.931,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71431,
    "c": 0.04052,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA0BC

secondary

#E0E0D7

accent

#99499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA0BC

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

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