#9FA3CF#9FA3CF

#9FA3CF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.064 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA3CF
RGB	rgb(159, 163, 207)
HSL	hsl(235, 33%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(235, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 8.07, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 24.25, 289.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0118 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.064 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6549, 38.0695, 64.3310)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA3CF #CFCB9F

analogous

#9FBBCF #9FA3CF #B39FCF

triadic

#9FA3CF #CF9FA3 #A3CF9F

tetradic

#9FA3CF #CF9FBB #CFCB9F #9FCFB3

square

#9FA3CF #CF9FBB #CFCB9F #9FCFB3

split-complementary

#9FA3CF #CFB39F #BBCF9F

monochromatic

#5158A2 #767CBB #9FA3CF #C8CAE3 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9FA3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#9FA3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA3CF

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA3CF	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 163, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.064 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbedd',
    500: '#9fa3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa3cf;
$custom-light: #bcbedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72772,
    "c": 0.06382,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA3CF

secondary

#EBEADF

accent

#A339AC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA3CF

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

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