#9FA2BE#9FA2BE

#9FA2BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.041 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2BE
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(234, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(234, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 4.74, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 15.48, 287.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% 0.0074 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.041 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5105, 36.9288, 53.9096)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2BE #BEBB9F

analogous

#9FB1BE #9FA2BE #AB9FBE

triadic

#9FA2BE #BE9FA2 #A2BE9F

tetradic

#9FA2BE #BE9FB1 #BEBB9F #9FBEAB

square

#9FA2BE #BE9FB1 #BEBB9F #9FBEAB

split-complementary

#9FA2BE #BEAB9F #B1BE9F

monochromatic

#5B6087 #7B7FA5 #9FA2BE #C3C5D7 #E8E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9FA2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#9FA2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2BE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2BE	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.041 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdd1',
    500: '#9fa2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2be;
$custom-light: #bbbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.194,
    "s": 19.255,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71917,
    "c": 0.04066,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2BE

secondary

#E1E0D8

accent

#95489E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2BE

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

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