#9FA0CD#9FA0CD

#9FA0CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.065 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA0CD
RGB	rgb(159, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(239, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(239, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 9.28, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 24.87, 291.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0154 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.065 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8856, 36.9196, 62.8759)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA0CD #CDCC9F

analogous

#9FB7CD #9FA0CD #B59FCD

triadic

#9FA0CD #CD9FA0 #A0CD9F

tetradic

#9FA0CD #CD9FB7 #CDCC9F #9FCDB5

square

#9FA0CD #CD9FB7 #CDCC9F #9FCDB5

split-complementary

#9FA0CD #CDB59F #B7CD9F

monochromatic

#53549F #7778B8 #9FA0CD #C7C8E2 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9FA0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#9FA0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA0CD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA0CD	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.065 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbcdc',
    500: '#9fa0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa0cd;
$custom-light: #bcbcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.696,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72083,
    "c": 0.06511,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA0CD

secondary

#EAEADE

accent

#A83BAA

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA0CD

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

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