#9FA4BF#9FA4BF

#9FA4BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.039 H 277.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4BF
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(231, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(231, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 3.85, -14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 14.95, 284.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0049 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.039 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9753, 37.6829, 54.6056)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4BF #BFBA9F

analogous

#9FB4BF #9FA4BF #AA9FBF

triadic

#9FA4BF #BF9FA4 #A4BF9F

tetradic

#9FA4BF #BF9FB4 #BFBA9F #9FBFAA

square

#9FA4BF #BF9FB4 #BFBA9F #9FBFAA

split-complementary

#9FA4BF #BFAA9F #B4BF9F

monochromatic

#5B6289 #7A81A7 #9FA4BF #C4C7D7 #E8EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9FA4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#9FA4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4BF

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4BF	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.039 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbed2',
    500: '#9fa4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4bf;
$custom-light: #bbbed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.625,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72367,
    "c": 0.03949,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4BF

secondary

#E2E0D8

accent

#91479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4BF

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

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