#9FA8BB#9FA8BB

#9FA8BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.029 H 265.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8BB
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(221, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(221, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 0.77, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 10.84, 274.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0024 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.029 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2683, 38.9635, 52.5613)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8BB #BBB29F

analogous

#9FB6BB #9FA8BB #A49FBB

triadic

#9FA8BB #BB9FA8 #A8BB9F

tetradic

#9FA8BB #BB9FB6 #BBB29F #9FBBA4

square

#9FA8BB #BB9FB6 #BBB29F #9FBBA4

split-complementary

#9FA8BB #BBA49F #B6BB9F

monochromatic

#5D6983 #7B88A2 #9FA8BB #C3C8D4 #E7E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9FA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#9FA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8BB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8BB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.029 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1cf',
    500: '#9fa8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8bb;
$custom-light: #bbc1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.714,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7306,
    "c": 0.02933,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8BB

secondary

#DFDCD7

accent

#814A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8BB

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

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