#9FA6CA#9FA6CA

#9FA6CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.053 H 276.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA6CA
RGB	rgb(159, 166, 202)
HSL	hsl(230, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(230, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 5.23, -19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 19.88, 285.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0059 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.053 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5923, 38.9069, 61.3422)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA6CA #CAC39F

analogous

#9FBBCA #9FA6CA #AD9FCA

triadic

#9FA6CA #CA9FA6 #A6CA9F

tetradic

#9FA6CA #CA9FBB #CAC39F #9FCAAD

square

#9FA6CA #CA9FBB #CAC39F #9FCAAD

split-complementary

#9FA6CA #CAAD9F #BBCA9F

monochromatic

#55609A #7881B4 #9FA6CA #C6CBE0 #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9FA6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#9FA6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA6CA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA6CA	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 166, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.053 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc0da',
    500: '#9fa6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa6ca;
$custom-light: #bcc0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.233,
    "s": 28.859,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73191,
    "c": 0.0527,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA6CA

secondary

#E8E6DD

accent

#963EA8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA6CA

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

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