#9FA5BC#9FA5BC

#9FA5BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.034 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA5BC
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(228, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(228, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 2.64, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 12.80, 281.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0023 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.034 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8282, 37.9115, 52.9446)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA5BC #BCB69F

analogous

#9FB3BC #9FA5BC #A79FBC

triadic

#9FA5BC #BC9FA5 #A5BC9F

tetradic

#9FA5BC #BC9FB3 #BCB69F #9FBCA7

square

#9FA5BC #BC9FB3 #BCB69F #9FBCA7

split-complementary

#9FA5BC #BCA79F #B3BC9F

monochromatic

#5C6584 #7B83A3 #9FA5BC #C3C7D5 #E7E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9FA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9FA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA5BC

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA5BC	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.034 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbfd0',
    500: '#9fa5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa5bc;
$custom-light: #bbbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72468,
    "c": 0.03398,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA5BC

secondary

#E0DED7

accent

#8B499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA5BC

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

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