#9FA2AF#9FA2AF

#9FA2AF is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.019 H 275.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2AF
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 175)
HSL	hsl(229, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(229, 9%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 1.53, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 7.25, 282.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0018 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.019 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9547, 36.3065, 45.7154)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2AF #AFAC9F

analogous

#9FAAAF #9FA2AF #A49FAF

triadic

#9FA2AF #AF9FA2 #A2AF9F

tetradic

#9FA2AF #AF9FAA #AFAC9F #9FAFA4

square

#9FA2AF #AF9FAA #AFAC9F #9FAFA4

split-complementary

#9FA2AF #AFA49F #AAAF9F

monochromatic

#606473 #7E8293 #9FA2AF #C0C2CB #E2E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9FA2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#9FA2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2AF

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2AF	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.019 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdc6',
    500: '#9fa2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2af;
$custom-light: #bbbdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71393,
    "c": 0.0191,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2AF

secondary

#D8D7D2

accent

#875293

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2AF

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

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