#9FA8CA#9FA8CA

#9FA8CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.050 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8CA
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(227, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(227, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 4.12, -18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 18.83, 282.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.003 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.05 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9587, 39.6396, 61.4643)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8CA #CAC19F

analogous

#9FBDCA #9FA8CA #AB9FCA

triadic

#9FA8CA #CA9FA8 #A8CA9F

tetradic

#9FA8CA #CA9FBD #CAC19F #9FCAAB

square

#9FA8CA #CA9FBD #CAC19F #9FCAAB

split-complementary

#9FA8CA #CAAB9F #BDCA9F

monochromatic

#55639A #7884B4 #9FA8CA #C6CCE0 #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9FA8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#9FA8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8CA

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8CA	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.050 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc1da',
    500: '#9fa8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8ca;
$custom-light: #bcc1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.442,
    "s": 28.859,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73603,
    "c": 0.05024,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8CA

secondary

#E8E6DD

accent

#913EA8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8CA

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

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