#9FA3BB#9FA3BB

#9FA3BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.035 H 278.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA3BB
RGB	rgb(159, 163, 187)
HSL	hsl(231, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(231, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 3.53, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 13.29, 285.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0049 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.035 278)
XYZ	xyz(36.3629, 37.1527, 52.2595)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA3BB #BBB79F

analogous

#9FB1BB #9FA3BB #A99FBB

triadic

#9FA3BB #BB9FA3 #A3BB9F

tetradic

#9FA3BB #BB9FB1 #BBB79F #9FBBA9

square

#9FA3BB #BB9FB1 #BBB79F #9FBBA9

split-complementary

#9FA3BB #BBA99F #B1BB9F

monochromatic

#5D6283 #7B81A2 #9FA3BB #C3C5D4 #E7E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9FA3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#9FA3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA3BB

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA3BB	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 163, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.035 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbecf',
    500: '#9fa3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa3bb;
$custom-light: #bbbecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72016,
    "c": 0.03503,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.37153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA3BB

secondary

#DFDED7

accent

#904A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA3BB

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

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