#9FA6BB#9FA6BB

#9FA6BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.031 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA6BB
RGB	rgb(159, 166, 187)
HSL	hsl(225, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(225, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 1.87, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 11.76, 279.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0005 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.031 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9019, 38.2307, 52.4392)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA6BB #BBB49F

analogous

#9FB4BB #9FA6BB #A69FBB

triadic

#9FA6BB #BB9FA6 #A6BB9F

tetradic

#9FA6BB #BB9FB4 #BBB49F #9FBBA6

square

#9FA6BB #BB9FB4 #BBB49F #9FBBA6

split-complementary

#9FA6BB #BBA69F #B4BB9F

monochromatic

#5D6683 #7B85A2 #9FA6BB #C3C7D4 #E7E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9FA6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#9FA6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA6BB

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA6BB	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 166, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.031 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc0cf',
    500: '#9fa6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa6bb;
$custom-light: #bbc0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72641,
    "c": 0.03141,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA6BB

secondary

#DFDDD7

accent

#874A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA6BB

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

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