#9FA2BA#9FA2BA

#9FA2BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.035 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2BA
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 186)
HSL	hsl(233, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(233, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 3.87, -12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 13.28, 286.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.006 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.035 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0794, 36.7563, 51.6387)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2BA #BAB79F

analogous

#9FB0BA #9FA2BA #A99FBA

triadic

#9FA2BA #BA9FA2 #A2BA9F

tetradic

#9FA2BA #BA9FB0 #BAB79F #9FBAA9

square

#9FA2BA #BA9FB0 #BAB79F #9FBAA9

split-complementary

#9FA2BA #BAA99F #B0BA9F

monochromatic

#5D6182 #7B80A0 #9FA2BA #C3C4D4 #E6E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9FA2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#9FA2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2BA

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2BA	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.035 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdce',
    500: '#9fa2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2ba;
$custom-light: #bbbdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 16.364,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71772,
    "c": 0.03489,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2BA

secondary

#DFDED6

accent

#924B9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2BA

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

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