#9FA3CE#9FA3CE

#9FA3CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.062 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA3CE
RGB	rgb(159, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(235, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(235, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 7.83, -22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 23.70, 289.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0114 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.062 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5331, 38.0208, 63.6891)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA3CE #CECA9F

analogous

#9FBBCE #9FA3CE #B39FCE

triadic

#9FA3CE #CE9FA3 #A3CE9F

tetradic

#9FA3CE #CE9FBB #CECA9F #9FCEB3

square

#9FA3CE #CE9FBB #CECA9F #9FCEB3

split-complementary

#9FA3CE #CEB39F #BBCE9F

monochromatic

#5259A1 #767CB9 #9FA3CE #C8CAE3 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9FA3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#9FA3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA3CE

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA3CE	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.062 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbedd',
    500: '#9fa3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa3ce;
$custom-light: #bcbedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.894,
    "s": 32.414,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72732,
    "c": 0.06238,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA3CE

secondary

#EAE9DE

accent

#A23AAB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA3CE

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

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