#9FA2AE#9FA2AE

#9FA2AE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.018 H 274.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2AE
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(228, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(228, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 1.33, -6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 6.70, 281.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0014 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.018 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8568, 36.2673, 45.2001)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2AE #AEAB9F

analogous

#9FA9AE #9FA2AE #A39FAE

triadic

#9FA2AE #AE9FA2 #A2AE9F

tetradic

#9FA2AE #AE9FA9 #AEAB9F #9FAEA3

square

#9FA2AE #AE9FA9 #AEAB9F #9FAEA3

split-complementary

#9FA2AE #AEA39F #A9AE9F

monochromatic

#606472 #7E8292 #9FA2AE #C0C2CA #E1E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9FA2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#9FA2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2AE

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2AE	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.018 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdc6',
    500: '#9fa2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2ae;
$custom-light: #bbbdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 8.475,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7136,
    "c": 0.01768,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2AE

secondary

#D7D6D2

accent

#865392

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2AE

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

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