#9FA9BB#9FA9BB

#9FA9BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.028 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA9BB
RGB	rgb(159, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(219, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(219, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 0.22, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 10.42, 271.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0038 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.028 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4536, 39.3341, 52.6231)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA9BB #BBB19F

analogous

#9FB7BB #9FA9BB #A39FBB

triadic

#9FA9BB #BB9FA9 #A9BB9F

tetradic

#9FA9BB #BB9FB7 #BBB19F #9FBBA3

square

#9FA9BB #BB9FB7 #BBB19F #9FBBA3

split-complementary

#9FA9BB #BBA39F #B7BB9F

monochromatic

#5D6A83 #7B89A2 #9FA9BB #C3C9D4 #E7E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9FA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#9FA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA9BB

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA9BB	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.028 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc2cf',
    500: '#9fa9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa9bb;
$custom-light: #bbc2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7327,
    "c": 0.0284,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA9BB

secondary

#DFDCD7

accent

#7E4A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA9BB

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

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