#9FA4AE#9FA4AE

#9FA4AE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.016 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4AE
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(220, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(220, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 0.22, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 5.78, 272.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0015 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.016 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2119, 36.9775, 45.3185)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4AE #AEA99F

analogous

#9FABAE #9FA4AE #A19FAE

triadic

#9FA4AE #AE9FA4 #A4AE9F

tetradic

#9FA4AE #AE9FAB #AEA99F #9FAEA1

square

#9FA4AE #AE9FAB #AEA99F #9FAEA1

split-complementary

#9FA4AE #AEA19F #ABAE9F

monochromatic

#606672 #7E8592 #9FA4AE #C0C3CA #E1E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9FA4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#9FA4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4AE

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4AE	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.016 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbec6',
    500: '#9fa4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4ae;
$custom-light: #bbbec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 8.475,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71781,
    "c": 0.01555,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4AE

secondary

#D7D5D2

accent

#7D5392

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4AE

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

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