#9FA5CD#9FA5CD

#9FA5CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.058 H 278.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA5CD
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(232, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(232, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 6.48, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 22.05, 287.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0083 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.058 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7699, 38.6882, 63.1707)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA5CD #CDC79F

analogous

#9FBCCD #9FA5CD #B09FCD

triadic

#9FA5CD #CD9FA5 #A5CD9F

tetradic

#9FA5CD #CD9FBC #CDC79F #9FCDB0

square

#9FA5CD #CD9FBC #CDC79F #9FCDB0

split-complementary

#9FA5CD #CDB09F #BCCD9F

monochromatic

#535D9F #777FB8 #9FA5CD #C7CBE2 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9FA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#9FA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA5CD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA5CD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.058 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbfdc',
    500: '#9fa5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa5cd;
$custom-light: #bcbfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.174,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73101,
    "c": 0.05828,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA5CD

secondary

#EAE8DE

accent

#9C3BAA

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA5CD

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

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