#9FA8CB#9FA8CB

#9FA8CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.052 H 273.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8CB
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(228, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(228, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 4.35, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 19.37, 282.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% 0.0034 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.052 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0775, 39.6872, 62.0899)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8CB #CBC29F

analogous

#9FBECB #9FA8CB #AC9FCB

triadic

#9FA8CB #CB9FA8 #A8CB9F

tetradic

#9FA8CB #CB9FBE #CBC29F #9FCBAC

square

#9FA8CB #CB9FBE #CBC29F #9FCBAC

split-complementary

#9FA8CB #CBAC9F #BECB9F

monochromatic

#54639B #7784B5 #9FA8CB #C7CCE1 #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9FA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#9FA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8CB

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8CB	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.052 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc1db',
    500: '#9fa8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8cb;
$custom-light: #bcc1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.727,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73641,
    "c": 0.05165,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8CB

secondary

#E9E6DD

accent

#923DA8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8CB

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

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