#9FA4BE#9FA4BE

#9FA4BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.038 H 276.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4BE
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(230, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(230, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 3.63, -13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 14.40, 284.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0045 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.038 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8656, 37.6390, 54.0280)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4BE #BEB99F

analogous

#9FB3BE #9FA4BE #A99FBE

triadic

#9FA4BE #BE9FA4 #A4BE9F

tetradic

#9FA4BE #BE9FB3 #BEB99F #9FBEA9

square

#9FA4BE #BE9FB3 #BEB99F #9FBEA9

split-complementary

#9FA4BE #BEA99F #B3BE9F

monochromatic

#5B6387 #7B81A5 #9FA4BE #C3C7D7 #E8E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9FA4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#9FA4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4BE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4BE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.038 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbed1',
    500: '#9fa4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4be;
$custom-light: #bbbed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.323,
    "s": 19.255,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72331,
    "c": 0.03806,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4BE

secondary

#E1E0D8

accent

#90489E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4BE

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

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