#9FA8BC#9FA8BC

#9FA8BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.031 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8BC
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(221, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(221, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 0.99, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 11.36, 274.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.002 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.031 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3757, 39.0064, 53.1271)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8BC #BCB39F

analogous

#9FB6BC #9FA8BC #A49FBC

triadic

#9FA8BC #BC9FA8 #A8BC9F

tetradic

#9FA8BC #BC9FB6 #BCB39F #9FBCA4

square

#9FA8BC #BC9FB6 #BCB39F #9FBCA4

split-complementary

#9FA8BC #BCA49F #B6BC9F

monochromatic

#5C6984 #7B87A3 #9FA8BC #C3C9D5 #E7E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9FA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#9FA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8BC

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8BC	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)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.031 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1d0',
    500: '#9fa8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8bc;
$custom-light: #bbc1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.379,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73095,
    "c": 0.03068,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8BC

secondary

#E0DDD7

accent

#82499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8BC

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

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