#9FA3BC#9FA3BC

#9FA3BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.036 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA3BC
RGB	rgb(159, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(232, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(232, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 3.75, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 13.84, 285.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0052 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.036 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4703, 37.1957, 52.8253)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA3BC #BCB89F

analogous

#9FB1BC #9FA3BC #A99FBC

triadic

#9FA3BC #BC9FA3 #A3BC9F

tetradic

#9FA3BC #BC9FB1 #BCB89F #9FBCA9

square

#9FA3BC #BC9FB1 #BCB89F #9FBCA9

split-complementary

#9FA3BC #BCA99F #B1BC9F

monochromatic

#5C6284 #7B80A3 #9FA3BC #C3C6D5 #E7E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9FA3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#9FA3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA3BC

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA3BC	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.036 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbed0',
    500: '#9fa3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa3bc;
$custom-light: #bbbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.724,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72052,
    "c": 0.03647,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA3BC

secondary

#E0DFD7

accent

#91499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA3BC

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

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