#9FA1BF#9FA1BF

#9FA1BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.043 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA1BF
RGB	rgb(159, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(236, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(236, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, 5.52, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 16.58, 289.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0092 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.043 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4448, 36.6218, 54.4287)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA1BF #BFBD9F

analogous

#9FB1BF #9FA1BF #AD9FBF

triadic

#9FA1BF #BF9FA1 #A1BF9F

tetradic

#9FA1BF #BF9FB1 #BFBD9F #9FBFAD

square

#9FA1BF #BF9FB1 #BFBD9F #9FBFAD

split-complementary

#9FA1BF #BFAD9F #B1BF9F

monochromatic

#5B5E89 #7A7DA7 #9FA1BF #C4C5D7 #E8E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9FA1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#9FA1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA1BF

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA1BF	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.043 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbcd2',
    500: '#9fa1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa1bf;
$custom-light: #bbbcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71747,
    "c": 0.04348,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA1BF

secondary

#E2E1D8

accent

#99479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA1BF

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

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