#9FA4BD#9FA4BD

#9FA4BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.037 H 276.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4BD
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(230, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(230, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 3.41, -13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 13.85, 284.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0042 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.037 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7567, 37.5955, 53.4544)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4BD #BDB89F

analogous

#9FB3BD #9FA4BD #A99FBD

triadic

#9FA4BD #BD9FA4 #A4BD9F

tetradic

#9FA4BD #BD9FB3 #BDB89F #9FBDA9

square

#9FA4BD #BD9FB3 #BDB89F #9FBDA9

split-complementary

#9FA4BD #BDA99F #B3BD9F

monochromatic

#5C6386 #7B82A4 #9FA4BD #C3C6D6 #E8E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9FA4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#9FA4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4BD

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4BD	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.037 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbed0',
    500: '#9fa4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4bd;
$custom-light: #bbbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72295,
    "c": 0.03663,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4BD

secondary

#E0DFD7

accent

#8F499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4BD

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

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