#9FA2BB#9FA2BB

#9FA2BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.036 H 280.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2BB
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 187)
HSL	hsl(234, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(234, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 4.08, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 13.83, 287.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0063 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.036 280)
XYZ	xyz(36.1860, 36.7990, 52.2005)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2BB #BBB89F

analogous

#9FB0BB #9FA2BB #AA9FBB

triadic

#9FA2BB #BB9FA2 #A2BB9F

tetradic

#9FA2BB #BB9FB0 #BBB89F #9FBBAA

square

#9FA2BB #BB9FB0 #BBB89F #9FBBAA

split-complementary

#9FA2BB #BBAA9F #B0BB9F

monochromatic

#5D6183 #7B7FA2 #9FA2BB #C3C5D4 #E7E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9FA2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#9FA2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2BB

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2BB	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.036 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdcf',
    500: '#9fa2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2bb;
$custom-light: #bbbdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.571,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71808,
    "c": 0.03634,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.36799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2BB

secondary

#DFDED7

accent

#934A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2BB

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

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