#9FA3CC#9FA3CC

#9FA3CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.059 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA3CC
RGB	rgb(159, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(235, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(235, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 7.37, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 22.61, 289.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0108 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.06 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2917, 37.9242, 62.4177)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA3CC #CCC89F

analogous

#9FB9CC #9FA3CC #B19FCC

triadic

#9FA3CC #CC9FA3 #A3CC9F

tetradic

#9FA3CC #CC9FB9 #CCC89F #9FCCB1

square

#9FA3CC #CC9FB9 #CCC89F #9FCCB1

split-complementary

#9FA3CC #CCB19F #B9CC9F

monochromatic

#535A9D #777DB7 #9FA3CC #C7C9E1 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9FA3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9FA3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA3CC

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA3CC	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)

#98A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.059 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbedb',
    500: '#9fa3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa3cc;
$custom-light: #bcbedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.667,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72653,
    "c": 0.0595,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA3CC

secondary

#E9E8DD

accent

#A03CA9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA3CC

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

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