#9FA4BB#9FA4BB

#9FA4BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.034 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4BB
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(229, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(229, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 2.98, -12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 12.76, 283.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0034 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.034 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5411, 37.5092, 52.3189)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4BB #BBB69F

analogous

#9FB2BB #9FA4BB #A89FBB

triadic

#9FA4BB #BB9FA4 #A4BB9F

tetradic

#9FA4BB #BB9FB2 #BBB69F #9FBBA8

square

#9FA4BB #BB9FB2 #BBB69F #9FBBA8

split-complementary

#9FA4BB #BBA89F #B2BB9F

monochromatic

#5D6483 #7B82A2 #9FA4BB #C3C6D4 #E7E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9FA4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#9FA4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4BB

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4BB	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.034 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbecf',
    500: '#9fa4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4bb;
$custom-light: #bbbecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.286,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72224,
    "c": 0.03376,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4BB

secondary

#DFDED7

accent

#8D4A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4BB

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

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