#9FA2CE#9FA2CE

#9FA2CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.064 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2CE
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 206)
HSL	hsl(236, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(236, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 8.39, -22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 24.27, 290.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0129 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.064 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3562, 37.6671, 63.6302)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2CE #CECB9F

analogous

#9FBACE #9FA2CE #B49FCE

triadic

#9FA2CE #CE9FA2 #A2CE9F

tetradic

#9FA2CE #CE9FBA #CECB9F #9FCEB4

square

#9FA2CE #CE9FBA #CECB9F #9FCEB4

split-complementary

#9FA2CE #CEB49F #BACE9F

monochromatic

#5257A1 #767BB9 #9FA2CE #C8C9E3 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9FA2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#9FA2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2CE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2CE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.064 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbddd',
    500: '#9fa2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2ce;
$custom-light: #bcbddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.17,
    "s": 32.414,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72529,
    "c": 0.06375,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2CE

secondary

#EAEADE

accent

#A43AAB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2CE

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

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