#9FA7BB#9FA7BB

#9FA7BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.030 H 268.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA7BB
RGB	rgb(159, 167, 187)
HSL	hsl(223, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(223, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 10.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 1.32, -11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 11.29, 276.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0009 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.03 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0844, 38.5957, 52.5000)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA7BB #BBB39F

analogous

#9FB5BB #9FA7BB #A59FBB

triadic

#9FA7BB #BB9FA7 #A7BB9F

tetradic

#9FA7BB #BB9FB5 #BBB39F #9FBBA5

square

#9FA7BB #BB9FB5 #BBB39F #9FBBA5

split-complementary

#9FA7BB #BBA59F #B5BB9F

monochromatic

#5D6883 #7B86A2 #9FA7BB #C3C8D4 #E7E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9FA7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#9FA7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA7BB

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA7BB	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 167, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.030 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1cf',
    500: '#9fa7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa7bb;
$custom-light: #bbc1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72851,
    "c": 0.03033,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA7BB

secondary

#DFDDD7

accent

#844A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA7BB

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

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