#9FA2BC#9FA2BC

#9FA2BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.038 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2BC
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(234, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(234, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 4.30, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 14.38, 287.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0067 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.038 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2935, 36.8420, 52.7663)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2BC #BCB99F

analogous

#9FB0BC #9FA2BC #AA9FBC

triadic

#9FA2BC #BC9FA2 #A2BC9F

tetradic

#9FA2BC #BC9FB0 #BCB99F #9FBCAA

square

#9FA2BC #BC9FB0 #BCB99F #9FBCAA

split-complementary

#9FA2BC #BCAA9F #B0BC9F

monochromatic

#5C6084 #7B7FA3 #9FA2BC #C3C5D5 #E7E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9FA2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#9FA2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2BC

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2BC	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.038 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdd0',
    500: '#9fa2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2bc;
$custom-light: #bbbdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.793,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71844,
    "c": 0.03778,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2BC

secondary

#E0DFD7

accent

#94499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2BC

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

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