#9FA2BD#9FA2BD

#9FA2BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.039 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2BD
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(234, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(234, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 4.52, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 14.93, 287.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0071 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.039 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4016, 36.8852, 53.3360)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2BD #BDBA9F

analogous

#9FB1BD #9FA2BD #AB9FBD

triadic

#9FA2BD #BD9FA2 #A2BD9F

tetradic

#9FA2BD #BD9FB1 #BDBA9F #9FBDAB

square

#9FA2BD #BD9FB1 #BDBA9F #9FBDAB

split-complementary

#9FA2BD #BDAB9F #B1BD9F

monochromatic

#5C6086 #7B7FA4 #9FA2BD #C3C5D6 #E8E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9FA2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#9FA2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2BD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2BD	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.039 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdd0',
    500: '#9fa2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2bd;
$custom-light: #bbbdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7188,
    "c": 0.03922,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2BD

secondary

#E0E0D7

accent

#94499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2BD

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

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