#9FA3CB#9FA3CB

#9FA3CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.058 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA3CB
RGB	rgb(159, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(235, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(235, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 7.13, -20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 22.06, 288.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0104 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.058 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1721, 37.8764, 61.7881)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA3CB #CBC79F

analogous

#9FB9CB #9FA3CB #B19FCB

triadic

#9FA3CB #CB9FA3 #A3CB9F

tetradic

#9FA3CB #CB9FB9 #CBC79F #9FCBB1

square

#9FA3CB #CB9FB9 #CBC79F #9FCBB1

split-complementary

#9FA3CB #CBB19F #B9CB9F

monochromatic

#545B9B #777DB5 #9FA3CB #C7C9E1 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9FA3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9FA3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA3CB

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA3CB	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.058 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbedb',
    500: '#9fa3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa3cb;
$custom-light: #bcbedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72614,
    "c": 0.05807,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA3CB

secondary

#E9E8DD

accent

#9F3DA8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA3CB

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

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