#9FA4CC#9FA4CC

#9FA4CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.058 H 279.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4CC
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(233, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 6.81, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 22.05, 287.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0094 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.058 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4699, 38.2807, 62.4771)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4CC #CCC79F

analogous

#9FBACC #9FA4CC #B09FCC

triadic

#9FA4CC #CC9FA4 #A4CC9F

tetradic

#9FA4CC #CC9FBA #CCC79F #9FCCB0

square

#9FA4CC #CC9FBA #CCC79F #9FCCB0

split-complementary

#9FA4CC #CCB09F #BACC9F

monochromatic

#535C9D #777EB7 #9FA4CC #C7CAE1 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9FA4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#9FA4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4CC

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4CC	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.058 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbedb',
    500: '#9fa4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4cc;
$custom-light: #bcbedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72857,
    "c": 0.05816,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4CC

secondary

#E9E8DD

accent

#9D3CA9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4CC

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

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