#9FA6BC#9FA6BC

#9FA6BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.033 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA6BC
RGB	rgb(159, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(226, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(226, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 2.09, -12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 12.30, 279.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0009 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.033 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0093, 38.2737, 53.0049)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA6BC #BCB59F

analogous

#9FB4BC #9FA6BC #A69FBC

triadic

#9FA6BC #BC9FA6 #A6BC9F

tetradic

#9FA6BC #BC9FB4 #BCB59F #9FBCA6

square

#9FA6BC #BC9FB4 #BCB59F #9FBCA6

split-complementary

#9FA6BC #BCA69F #B4BC9F

monochromatic

#5C6684 #7B85A3 #9FA6BC #C3C7D5 #E7E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9FA6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#9FA6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA6BC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA6BC	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)

#A0A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.033 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc0d0',
    500: '#9fa6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa6bc;
$custom-light: #bbc0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.517,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72676,
    "c": 0.03282,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA6BC

secondary

#E0DED7

accent

#88499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA6BC

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

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