#9FAABC#9FAABC

#9FAABC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.029 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAABC
RGB	rgb(159, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(217, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(217, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -0.11, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 10.52, 269.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0049 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.029 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7478, 39.7506, 53.2511)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAABC #BCB19F

analogous

#9FB8BC #9FAABC #A29FBC

triadic

#9FAABC #BC9FAA #AABC9F

tetradic

#9FAABC #BC9FB8 #BCB19F #9FBCA2

square

#9FAABC #BC9FB8 #BCB19F #9FBCA2

split-complementary

#9FAABC #BCA29F #B8BC9F

monochromatic

#5C6B84 #7B8AA3 #9FAABC #C3CAD5 #E7EAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9FAABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#9FAABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAABC

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAABC	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.029 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc3d0',
    500: '#9faabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faabc;
$custom-light: #bbc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73515,
    "c": 0.02885,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAABC

secondary

#E0DCD7

accent

#7D499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAABC

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

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