#9F97C8#9F97C8

#9F97C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.071 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F97C8
RGB	rgb(159, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(250, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(250, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 13.19, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 27.51, 298.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0267 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.071 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7876, 33.6739, 59.2466)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F97C8 #C0C897

analogous

#97A8C8 #9F97C8 #B897C8

triadic

#9F97C8 #C89F97 #97C89F

tetradic

#9F97C8 #C897A8 #C0C897 #97C8B8

square

#9F97C8 #C897A8 #C0C897 #97C8B8

split-complementary

#9F97C8 #C8B897 #A8C897

monochromatic

#5B4F96 #7A6FB3 #9F97C8 #C4BFDD #E9E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#9F97C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#9F97C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F97C8

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F97C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F97C8	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f97c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.071 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb5d8',
    500: '#9f97c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f97c8;
$custom-light: #bcb5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f97c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.796,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70072,
    "c": 0.0714,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F97C8

secondary

#E2E5D6

accent

#AA3C98

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F97C8

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

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