#9FA4CD#9FA4CD

#9FA4CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.060 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4CD
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(233, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 7.04, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 22.60, 288.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0097 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.06 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5902, 38.3289, 63.1108)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4CD #CDC89F

analogous

#9FBBCD #9FA4CD #B19FCD

triadic

#9FA4CD #CD9FA4 #A4CD9F

tetradic

#9FA4CD #CD9FBB #CDC89F #9FCDB1

square

#9FA4CD #CD9FBB #CDC89F #9FCDB1

split-complementary

#9FA4CD #CDB19F #BBCD9F

monochromatic

#535B9F #777EB8 #9FA4CD #C7CAE2 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9FA4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#9FA4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4CD

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4CD	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.060 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbedc',
    500: '#9fa4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4cd;
$custom-light: #bcbedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.478,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72896,
    "c": 0.05959,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4CD

secondary

#EAE9DE

accent

#9E3BAA

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4CD

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

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