#9FA0BF#9FA0BF

#9FA0BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.045 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA0BF
RGB	rgb(159, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(238, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(238, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 6.08, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 17.15, 290.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0107 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.045 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2707, 36.2737, 54.3707)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA0BF #BFBE9F

analogous

#9FB0BF #9FA0BF #AE9FBF

triadic

#9FA0BF #BF9FA0 #A0BF9F

tetradic

#9FA0BF #BF9FB0 #BFBE9F #9FBFAE

square

#9FA0BF #BF9FB0 #BFBE9F #9FBFAE

split-complementary

#9FA0BF #BFAE9F #B0BF9F

monochromatic

#5B5C89 #7A7CA7 #9FA0BF #C4C4D7 #E8E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9FA0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#9FA0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA0BF

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA0BF	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.045 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbcd2',
    500: '#9fa0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa0bf;
$custom-light: #bbbcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.125,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71541,
    "c": 0.04487,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA0BF

secondary

#E2E1D8

accent

#9C479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA0BF

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

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