#9FA4BC#9FA4BC

#9FA4BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.035 H 276.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4BC
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(230, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(230, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 3.19, -12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 13.31, 283.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0038 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.035 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6486, 37.5522, 52.8847)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4BC #BCB79F

analogous

#9FB2BC #9FA4BC #A89FBC

triadic

#9FA4BC #BC9FA4 #A4BC9F

tetradic

#9FA4BC #BC9FB2 #BCB79F #9FBCA8

square

#9FA4BC #BC9FB2 #BCB79F #9FBCA8

split-complementary

#9FA4BC #BCA89F #B2BC9F

monochromatic

#5C6384 #7B82A3 #9FA4BC #C3C6D5 #E7E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9FA4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#9FA4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4BC

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4BC	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.035 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbed0',
    500: '#9fa4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4bc;
$custom-light: #bbbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.655,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72259,
    "c": 0.03519,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4BC

secondary

#E0DED7

accent

#8E499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4BC

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

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