#9FA3CD#9FA3CD

#9FA3CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.061 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA3CD
RGB	rgb(159, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(235, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(235, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 7.60, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 23.16, 289.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0111 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.061 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4120, 37.9723, 63.0514)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA3CD #CDC99F

analogous

#9FBACD #9FA3CD #B29FCD

triadic

#9FA3CD #CD9FA3 #A3CD9F

tetradic

#9FA3CD #CD9FBA #CDC99F #9FCDB2

square

#9FA3CD #CD9FBA #CDC99F #9FCDB2

split-complementary

#9FA3CD #CDB29F #BACD9F

monochromatic

#53599F #777CB8 #9FA3CD #C7CAE2 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9FA3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#9FA3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA3CD

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA3CD	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.061 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbedc',
    500: '#9fa3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa3cd;
$custom-light: #bcbedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72692,
    "c": 0.06094,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA3CD

secondary

#EAE9DE

accent

#A13BAA

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA3CD

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

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