#9FA7BF#9FA7BF

#9FA7BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.036 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA7BF
RGB	rgb(159, 167, 191)
HSL	hsl(225, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(225, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 2.19, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 13.42, 279.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0006 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.036 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5185, 38.7693, 54.7867)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA7BF #BFB79F

analogous

#9FB7BF #9FA7BF #A79FBF

triadic

#9FA7BF #BF9FA7 #A7BF9F

tetradic

#9FA7BF #BF9FB7 #BFB79F #9FBFA7

square

#9FA7BF #BF9FB7 #BFB79F #9FBFA7

split-complementary

#9FA7BF #BFA79F #B7BF9F

monochromatic

#5B6689 #7A85A7 #9FA7BF #C4C9D7 #E8EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9FA7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#9FA7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA7BF

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA7BF	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 167, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.036 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1d2',
    500: '#9fa7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa7bf;
$custom-light: #bbc1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72992,
    "c": 0.0359,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA7BF

secondary

#E2DFD8

accent

#89479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA7BF

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

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