#9FA1BB#9FA1BB

#9FA1BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.038 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA1BB
RGB	rgb(159, 161, 187)
HSL	hsl(236, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(236, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 13.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 4.64, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 14.38, 288.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0078 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.038 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0106, 36.4481, 52.1421)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA1BB #BBB99F

analogous

#9FAFBB #9FA1BB #AB9FBB

triadic

#9FA1BB #BB9FA1 #A1BB9F

tetradic

#9FA1BB #BB9FAF #BBB99F #9FBBAB

square

#9FA1BB #BB9FAF #BBB99F #9FBBAB

split-complementary

#9FA1BB #BBAB9F #AFBB9F

monochromatic

#5D5F83 #7B7EA2 #9FA1BB #C3C4D4 #E7E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9FA1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#9FA1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA1BB

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA1BB	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 161, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.038 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbccf',
    500: '#9fa1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa1bb;
$custom-light: #bbbccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71601,
    "c": 0.03768,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA1BB

secondary

#DFDFD7

accent

#964A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA1BB

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

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