#9FA2BF#9FA2BF

#9FA2BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.042 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2BF
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 191)
HSL	hsl(234, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(234, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 4.96, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 16.03, 288.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0078 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.042 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6202, 36.9727, 54.4872)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2BF #BFBC9F

analogous

#9FB2BF #9FA2BF #AC9FBF

triadic

#9FA2BF #BF9FA2 #A2BF9F

tetradic

#9FA2BF #BF9FB2 #BFBC9F #9FBFAC

square

#9FA2BF #BF9FB2 #BFBC9F #9FBFAC

split-complementary

#9FA2BF #BFAC9F #B2BF9F

monochromatic

#5B5F89 #7A7EA7 #9FA2BF #C4C6D7 #E8E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9FA2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#9FA2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2BF

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2BF	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)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.042 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdd2',
    500: '#9fa2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2bf;
$custom-light: #bbbdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.375,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71953,
    "c": 0.04211,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2BF

secondary

#E2E1D8

accent

#96479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2BF

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

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