#9FA9BE#9FA9BE

#9FA9BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.032 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA9BE
RGB	rgb(159, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(221, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(221, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 0.87, -11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 11.97, 274.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0027 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.032 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7781, 39.4639, 54.3322)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA9BE #BEB49F

analogous

#9FB8BE #9FA9BE #A49FBE

triadic

#9FA9BE #BE9FA9 #A9BE9F

tetradic

#9FA9BE #BE9FB8 #BEB49F #9FBEA4

square

#9FA9BE #BE9FB8 #BEB49F #9FBEA4

split-complementary

#9FA9BE #BEA49F #B8BE9F

monochromatic

#5B6A87 #7B88A5 #9FA9BE #C3CAD7 #E8EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9FA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9FA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA9BE

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA9BE	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.032 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc2d1',
    500: '#9fa9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa9be;
$custom-light: #bbc2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.645,
    "s": 19.255,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73375,
    "c": 0.03242,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA9BE

secondary

#E1DED8

accent

#82489E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA9BE

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

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