#9FA3BF#9FA3BF

#9FA3BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.041 H 278.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA3BF
RGB	rgb(159, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(233, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(233, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 4.41, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 15.48, 286.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.0063 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.041 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7971, 37.3264, 54.5462)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA3BF #BFBB9F

analogous

#9FB3BF #9FA3BF #AB9FBF

triadic

#9FA3BF #BF9FA3 #A3BF9F

tetradic

#9FA3BF #BF9FB3 #BFBB9F #9FBFAB

square

#9FA3BF #BF9FB3 #BFBB9F #9FBFAB

split-complementary

#9FA3BF #BFAB9F #B3BF9F

monochromatic

#5B6189 #7A80A7 #9FA3BF #C4C6D7 #E8E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9FA3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#9FA3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA3BF

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA3BF	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.041 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbed2',
    500: '#9fa3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa3bf;
$custom-light: #bbbed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7216,
    "c": 0.04078,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA3BF

secondary

#E2E0D8

accent

#93479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA3BF

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

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