#9FA9CD#9FA9CD

#9FA9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.053 H 272.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA9CD
RGB	rgb(159, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(227, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(227, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 4.26, -19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 19.93, 282.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0027 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.053 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5027, 40.1537, 63.4150)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA9CD #CDC39F

analogous

#9FC0CD #9FA9CD #AC9FCD

triadic

#9FA9CD #CD9FA9 #A9CD9F

tetradic

#9FA9CD #CD9FC0 #CDC39F #9FCDAC

square

#9FA9CD #CD9FC0 #CDC39F #9FCDAC

split-complementary

#9FA9CD #CDAC9F #C0CD9F

monochromatic

#53639F #7785B8 #9FA9CD #C7CDE2 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9FA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#9FA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA9CD

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA9CD	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.053 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc2dc',
    500: '#9fa9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa9cd;
$custom-light: #bcc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73924,
    "c": 0.05329,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA9CD

secondary

#EAE7DE

accent

#923BAA

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA9CD

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

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