#9FA5CC#9FA5CC

#9FA5CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.057 H 278.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA5CC
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(232, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(232, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 6.25, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 21.50, 286.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.008 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.057 278)
XYZ	xyz(38.6496, 38.6400, 62.5370)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA5CC #CCC69F

analogous

#9FBBCC #9FA5CC #AF9FCC

triadic

#9FA5CC #CC9FA5 #A5CC9F

tetradic

#9FA5CC #CC9FBB #CCC69F #9FCCAF

square

#9FA5CC #CC9FBB #CCC69F #9FCCAF

split-complementary

#9FA5CC #CCAF9F #BBCC9F

monochromatic

#535D9D #7780B7 #9FA5CC #C7CAE1 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9FA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#9FA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA5CC

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA5CC	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.057 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbfdb',
    500: '#9fa5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa5cc;
$custom-light: #bcbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73062,
    "c": 0.05685,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.38641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA5CC

secondary

#E9E8DD

accent

#9B3CA9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA5CC

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

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