#9FA0CE#9FA0CE

#9FA0CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.067 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA0CE
RGB	rgb(159, 160, 206)
HSL	hsl(239, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(239, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 9.51, -23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 25.42, 291.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0157 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.067 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0067, 36.9681, 63.5137)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA0CE #CECD9F

analogous

#9FB8CE #9FA0CE #B69FCE

triadic

#9FA0CE #CE9FA0 #A0CE9F

tetradic

#9FA0CE #CE9FB8 #CECD9F #9FCEB6

square

#9FA0CE #CE9FB8 #CECD9F #9FCEB6

split-complementary

#9FA0CE #CEB69F #B8CE9F

monochromatic

#5254A1 #7678B9 #9FA0CE #C8C8E3 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9FA0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#9FA0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA0CE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA0CE	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 160, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.067 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbcdd',
    500: '#9fa0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa0ce;
$custom-light: #bcbcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.723,
    "s": 32.414,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72123,
    "c": 0.06655,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA0CE

secondary

#EAEADE

accent

#A93AAB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA0CE

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

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