#9FA7BC#9FA7BC

#9FA7BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.032 H 269.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA7BC
RGB	rgb(159, 167, 188)
HSL	hsl(223, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(223, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 1.54, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 11.82, 277.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0005 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.032 269)
XYZ	xyz(37.1918, 38.6386, 53.0658)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA7BC #BCB49F

analogous

#9FB5BC #9FA7BC #A59FBC

triadic

#9FA7BC #BC9FA7 #A7BC9F

tetradic

#9FA7BC #BC9FB5 #BCB49F #9FBCA5

square

#9FA7BC #BC9FB5 #BCB49F #9FBCA5

split-complementary

#9FA7BC #BCA59F #B5BC9F

monochromatic

#5C6784 #7B86A3 #9FA7BC #C3C8D5 #E7E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9FA7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#9FA7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA7BC

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA7BC	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 167, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.032 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1d0',
    500: '#9fa7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa7bc;
$custom-light: #bbc1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.448,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72886,
    "c": 0.03171,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.38639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA7BC

secondary

#E0DDD7

accent

#85499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA7BC

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

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