#9FA6BE#9FA6BE

#9FA6BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.036 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA6BE
RGB	rgb(159, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(226, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(226, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 2.53, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 13.38, 280.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.0016 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.036 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2264, 38.3605, 54.1483)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA6BE #BEB79F

analogous

#9FB5BE #9FA6BE #A79FBE

triadic

#9FA6BE #BE9FA6 #A6BE9F

tetradic

#9FA6BE #BE9FB5 #BEB79F #9FBEA7

square

#9FA6BE #BE9FB5 #BEB79F #9FBEA7

split-complementary

#9FA6BE #BEA79F #B5BE9F

monochromatic

#5B6587 #7B84A5 #9FA6BE #C3C8D7 #E8EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9FA6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#9FA6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA6BE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA6BE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.036 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc0d1',
    500: '#9fa6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa6be;
$custom-light: #bbc0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.452,
    "s": 19.255,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72747,
    "c": 0.03564,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA6BE

secondary

#E1DFD8

accent

#8A489E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA6BE

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

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