#9FA2CD#9FA2CD

#9FA2CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.062 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2CD
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(236, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(236, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 8.16, -22.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 23.72, 290.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0125 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.062 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2351, 37.6186, 62.9924)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2CD #CDCA9F

analogous

#9FB9CD #9FA2CD #B39FCD

triadic

#9FA2CD #CD9FA2 #A2CD9F

tetradic

#9FA2CD #CD9FB9 #CDCA9F #9FCDB3

square

#9FA2CD #CD9FB9 #CDCA9F #9FCDB3

split-complementary

#9FA2CD #CDB39F #B9CD9F

monochromatic

#53589F #777BB8 #9FA2CD #C7C9E2 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9FA2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#9FA2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2CD

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2CD	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.062 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbddc',
    500: '#9fa2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2cd;
$custom-light: #bcbddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.087,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72489,
    "c": 0.06231,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2CD

secondary

#EAE9DE

accent

#A33BAA

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2CD

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

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