#9FA1CD#9FA1CD

#9FA1CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.064 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA1CD
RGB	rgb(159, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(237, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(237, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 8.72, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 24.29, 291.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0139 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.064 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0597, 37.2677, 62.9340)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA1CD #CDCB9F

analogous

#9FB8CD #9FA1CD #B49FCD

triadic

#9FA1CD #CD9FA1 #A1CD9F

tetradic

#9FA1CD #CD9FB8 #CDCB9F #9FCDB4

square

#9FA1CD #CD9FB8 #CDCB9F #9FCDB4

split-complementary

#9FA1CD #CDB49F #B8CD9F

monochromatic

#53569F #777AB8 #9FA1CD #C7C8E2 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9FA1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#9FA1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA1CD

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA1CD	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.064 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbcdc',
    500: '#9fa1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa1cd;
$custom-light: #bcbcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.391,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72286,
    "c": 0.0637,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA1CD

secondary

#EAE9DE

accent

#A53BAA

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA1CD

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

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