#9FA0BD#9FA0BD

#9FA0BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.042 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA0BD
RGB	rgb(159, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(238, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(238, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 5.64, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 16.05, 290.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.01 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.042 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0521, 36.1862, 53.2195)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA0BD #BDBC9F

analogous

#9FAFBD #9FA0BD #AD9FBD

triadic

#9FA0BD #BD9FA0 #A0BD9F

tetradic

#9FA0BD #BD9FAF #BDBC9F #9FBDAD

square

#9FA0BD #BD9FAF #BDBC9F #9FBDAD

split-complementary

#9FA0BD #BDAD9F #AFBD9F

monochromatic

#5C5D86 #7B7CA4 #9FA0BD #C3C4D6 #E8E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9FA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#9FA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA0BD

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA0BD	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.042 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbcd1',
    500: '#9fa0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa0bd;
$custom-light: #bbbcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71467,
    "c": 0.04197,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA0BD

secondary

#E0E0D7

accent

#9A499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA0BD

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

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