#9FA5CE#9FA5CE

#9FA5CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.060 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA5CE
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(232, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(232, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 6.72, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 22.59, 287.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0086 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.06 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8910, 38.7366, 63.8085)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA5CE #CEC89F

analogous

#9FBDCE #9FA5CE #B19FCE

triadic

#9FA5CE #CE9FA5 #A5CE9F

tetradic

#9FA5CE #CE9FBD #CEC89F #9FCEB1

square

#9FA5CE #CE9FBD #CEC89F #9FCEB1

split-complementary

#9FA5CE #CEB19F #BDCE9F

monochromatic

#525CA1 #767FB9 #9FA5CE #C8CBE3 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9FA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#9FA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA5CE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA5CE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94ACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.060 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbfdd',
    500: '#9fa5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa5ce;
$custom-light: #bcbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.34,
    "s": 32.414,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7314,
    "c": 0.05972,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA5CE

secondary

#EAE9DE

accent

#9D3AAB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA5CE

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

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