#9FA8BF#9FA8BF

#9FA8BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.035 H 268.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8BF
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(223, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(223, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 1.64, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 12.95, 277.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0009 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.035 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7024, 39.1371, 54.8480)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8BF #BFB69F

analogous

#9FB8BF #9FA8BF #A69FBF

triadic

#9FA8BF #BF9FA8 #A8BF9F

tetradic

#9FA8BF #BF9FB8 #BFB69F #9FBFA6

square

#9FA8BF #BF9FB8 #BFB69F #9FBFA6

split-complementary

#9FA8BF #BFA69F #B8BF9F

monochromatic

#5B6889 #7A87A7 #9FA8BF #C4C9D7 #E8EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9FA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9FA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8BF

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8BF	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.035 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1d2',
    500: '#9fa8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8bf;
$custom-light: #bbc1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.125,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73201,
    "c": 0.03481,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8BF

secondary

#E2DFD8

accent

#86479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8BF

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

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