#9FA0CC#9FA0CC

#9FA0CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.064 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA0CC
RGB	rgb(159, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(239, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(239, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 9.05, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 24.32, 291.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.015 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.064 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7653, 36.8715, 62.2423)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA0CC #CCCB9F

analogous

#9FB6CC #9FA0CC #B49FCC

triadic

#9FA0CC #CC9FA0 #A0CC9F

tetradic

#9FA0CC #CC9FB6 #CCCB9F #9FCCB4

square

#9FA0CC #CC9FB6 #CCCB9F #9FCCB4

split-complementary

#9FA0CC #CCB49F #B6CC9F

monochromatic

#53559D #7778B7 #9FA0CC #C7C8E1 #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9FA0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#9FA0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA0CC

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA0CC	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.064 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbcdb',
    500: '#9fa0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa0cc;
$custom-light: #bcbcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.667,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72043,
    "c": 0.06367,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA0CC

secondary

#E9E9DD

accent

#A73CA9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA0CC

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

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