#9FA6CC#9FA6CC

#9FA6CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.056 H 276.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA6CC
RGB	rgb(159, 166, 204)
HSL	hsl(231, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(231, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 5.69, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 20.96, 285.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0066 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.056 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8306, 39.0022, 62.5974)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA6CC #CCC59F

analogous

#9FBCCC #9FA6CC #AE9FCC

triadic

#9FA6CC #CC9FA6 #A6CC9F

tetradic

#9FA6CC #CC9FBC #CCC59F #9FCCAE

square

#9FA6CC #CC9FBC #CCC59F #9FCCAE

split-complementary

#9FA6CC #CCAE9F #BCCC9F

monochromatic

#535F9D #7781B7 #9FA6CC #C7CBE1 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9FA6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#9FA6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA6CC

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA6CC	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 166, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.056 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc0db',
    500: '#9fa6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa6cc;
$custom-light: #bcc0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.667,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73267,
    "c": 0.05556,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA6CC

secondary

#E9E7DD

accent

#983CA9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA6CC

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

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