#9FA2C8#9FA2C8

#9FA2C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.055 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2C8
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(236, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(236, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 7.00, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 20.97, 289.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0109 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.055 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6412, 37.3811, 59.8645)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2C8 #C8C59F

analogous

#9FB6C8 #9FA2C8 #B09FC8

triadic

#9FA2C8 #C89FA2 #A2C89F

tetradic

#9FA2C8 #C89FB6 #C8C59F #9FC8B0

square

#9FA2C8 #C89FB6 #C8C59F #9FC8B0

split-complementary

#9FA2C8 #C8B09F #B6C89F

monochromatic

#565B96 #787CB2 #9FA2C8 #C6C8DE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9FA2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#9FA2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2C8

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2C8	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.055 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbdd8',
    500: '#9fa2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2c8;
$custom-light: #bcbdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.61,
    "s": 27.152,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72293,
    "c": 0.0551,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2C8

secondary

#E7E6DC

accent

#9E40A6

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2C8

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

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