#9FA4CF#9FA4CF

#9FA4CF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.062 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4CF
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 207)
HSL	hsl(234, 33%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(234, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 7.51, -22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 23.69, 288.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0104 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.062 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8332, 38.4260, 64.3904)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4CF #CFCA9F

analogous

#9FBCCF #9FA4CF #B29FCF

triadic

#9FA4CF #CF9FA4 #A4CF9F

tetradic

#9FA4CF #CF9FBC #CFCA9F #9FCFB2

square

#9FA4CF #CF9FBC #CFCA9F #9FCFB2

split-complementary

#9FA4CF #CFB29F #BCCF9F

monochromatic

#515AA2 #767DBB #9FA4CF #C8CBE3 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9FA4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#9FA4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4CF

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4CF	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.062 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbedd',
    500: '#9fa4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4cf;
$custom-light: #bcbedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.75,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72975,
    "c": 0.06247,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4CF

secondary

#EBEADF

accent

#A039AC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4CF

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

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