#9FA8BE#9FA8BE

#9FA8BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.033 H 267.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8BE
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(223, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(223, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 1.42, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 12.42, 276.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0012 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.033 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5928, 39.0933, 54.2704)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8BE #BEB59F

analogous

#9FB7BE #9FA8BE #A59FBE

triadic

#9FA8BE #BE9FA8 #A8BE9F

tetradic

#9FA8BE #BE9FB7 #BEB59F #9FBEA5

square

#9FA8BE #BE9FB7 #BEB59F #9FBEA5

split-complementary

#9FA8BE #BEA59F #B7BE9F

monochromatic

#5B6887 #7B87A5 #9FA8BE #C3C9D7 #E8EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9FA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9FA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8BE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8BE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.033 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1d1',
    500: '#9fa8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8be;
$custom-light: #bbc1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.581,
    "s": 19.255,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73165,
    "c": 0.03343,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8BE

secondary

#E1DED8

accent

#85489E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8BE

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

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