#9FA3CA#9FA3CA

#9FA3CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.057 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA3CA
RGB	rgb(159, 163, 202)
HSL	hsl(234, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(234, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 6.90, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 21.51, 288.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0101 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.057 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0533, 37.8289, 61.1625)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA3CA #CAC69F

analogous

#9FB8CA #9FA3CA #B09FCA

triadic

#9FA3CA #CA9FA3 #A3CA9F

tetradic

#9FA3CA #CA9FB8 #CAC69F #9FCAB0

square

#9FA3CA #CA9FB8 #CAC69F #9FCAB0

split-complementary

#9FA3CA #CAB09F #B8CA9F

monochromatic

#555B9A #787DB4 #9FA3CA #C6C9E0 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9FA3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#9FA3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA3CA

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA3CA	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 163, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.057 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbeda',
    500: '#9fa3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa3ca;
$custom-light: #bcbeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.419,
    "s": 28.859,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72575,
    "c": 0.05662,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA3CA

secondary

#E8E7DD

accent

#9E3EA8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA3CA

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

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