#9FA4CB#9FA4CB

#9FA4CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.057 H 279.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4CB
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(233, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 6.57, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 21.51, 287.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.009 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.057 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3504, 38.2329, 61.8475)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4CB #CBC69F

analogous

#9FBACB #9FA4CB #B09FCB

triadic

#9FA4CB #CB9FA4 #A4CB9F

tetradic

#9FA4CB #CB9FBA #CBC69F #9FCBB0

square

#9FA4CB #CB9FBA #CBC69F #9FCBB0

split-complementary

#9FA4CB #CBB09F #BACB9F

monochromatic

#545C9B #777EB5 #9FA4CB #C7CAE1 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9FA4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#9FA4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4CB

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4CB	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.057 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbedb',
    500: '#9fa4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4cb;
$custom-light: #bcbedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.182,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72818,
    "c": 0.05672,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4CB

secondary

#E9E7DD

accent

#9C3DA8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4CB

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

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