#9FA8CD#9FA8CD

#9FA8CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.054 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8CD
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(228, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(228, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 4.81, -19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 20.45, 283.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0041 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.054 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3174, 39.7831, 63.3532)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8CD #CDC49F

analogous

#9FBFCD #9FA8CD #AD9FCD

triadic

#9FA8CD #CD9FA8 #A8CD9F

tetradic

#9FA8CD #CD9FBF #CDC49F #9FCDAD

square

#9FA8CD #CD9FBF #CDC49F #9FCDAD

split-complementary

#9FA8CD #CDAD9F #BFCD9F

monochromatic

#53629F #7784B8 #9FA8CD #C7CCE2 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9FA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#9FA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8CD

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8CD	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.054 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc1dc',
    500: '#9fa8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8cd;
$custom-light: #bcc1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.261,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73717,
    "c": 0.05449,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8CD

secondary

#EAE8DE

accent

#953BAA

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8CD

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

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