#9FA5CA#9FA5CA

#9FA5CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.054 H 277.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA5CA
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(232, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(232, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 5.79, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 20.41, 286.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0073 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.054 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4112, 38.5447, 61.2818)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA5CA #CAC49F

analogous

#9FBACA #9FA5CA #AE9FCA

triadic

#9FA5CA #CA9FA5 #A5CA9F

tetradic

#9FA5CA #CA9FBA #CAC49F #9FCAAE

square

#9FA5CA #CA9FBA #CAC49F #9FCAAE

split-complementary

#9FA5CA #CAAE9F #BACA9F

monochromatic

#555E9A #7880B4 #9FA5CA #C6CAE0 #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9FA5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#9FA5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA5CA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA5CA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95ACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.054 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbfda',
    500: '#9fa5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa5ca;
$custom-light: #bcbfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.628,
    "s": 28.859,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72985,
    "c": 0.05398,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA5CA

secondary

#E8E7DD

accent

#993EA8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA5CA

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

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