#9FA5BB#9FA5BB

#9FA5BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.033 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA5BB
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(227, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(227, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 2.42, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 12.26, 281.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.002 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.033 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7208, 37.8685, 52.3788)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA5BB #BBB59F

analogous

#9FB3BB #9FA5BB #A79FBB

triadic

#9FA5BB #BB9FA5 #A5BB9F

tetradic

#9FA5BB #BB9FB3 #BBB59F #9FBBA7

square

#9FA5BB #BB9FB3 #BBB59F #9FBBA7

split-complementary

#9FA5BB #BBA79F #B3BB9F

monochromatic

#5D6583 #7B83A2 #9FA5BB #C3C7D4 #E7E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9FA5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#9FA5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA5BB

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA5BB	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.033 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbfcf',
    500: '#9fa5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa5bb;
$custom-light: #bbbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72432,
    "c": 0.03256,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA5BB

secondary

#DFDDD7

accent

#8A4A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA5BB

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

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