#9FA3C8#9FA3C8

#9FA3C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.054 H 280.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA3C8
RGB	rgb(159, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(234, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(234, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 6.44, -19.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 20.42, 288.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0095 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.054 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8181, 37.7348, 59.9235)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA3C8 #C8C49F

analogous

#9FB7C8 #9FA3C8 #AF9FC8

triadic

#9FA3C8 #C89FA3 #A3C89F

tetradic

#9FA3C8 #C89FB7 #C8C49F #9FC8AF

square

#9FA3C8 #C89FB7 #C8C49F #9FC8AF

split-complementary

#9FA3C8 #C8AF9F #B7C89F

monochromatic

#565C96 #787EB2 #9FA3C8 #C6C8DE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9FA3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#9FA3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA3C8

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA3C8	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.054 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbed8',
    500: '#9fa3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa3c8;
$custom-light: #bcbed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.146,
    "s": 27.152,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72498,
    "c": 0.05375,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA3C8

secondary

#E7E6DC

accent

#9C40A6

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA3C8

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

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