#9F9CD8#9F9CD8

#9F9CD8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.087 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9CD8
RGB	rgb(159, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(243, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(243, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 14.17, -30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 33.27, 295.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0243 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.087 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5781, 36.1050, 69.8889)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9CD8 #D5D89C

analogous

#9CB7D8 #9F9CD8 #BD9CD8

triadic

#9F9CD8 #D89F9C #9CD89F

tetradic

#9F9CD8 #D89CB7 #D5D89C #9CD8BD

square

#9F9CD8 #D89CB7 #D5D89C #9CD8BD

split-complementary

#9F9CD8 #D8BD9C #B7D89C

monochromatic

#4C47B3 #7470C7 #9F9CD8 #CAC8E9 #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9F9CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#9F9CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9CD8

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9CD8	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.087 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9e4',
    500: '#9f9cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9cd8;
$custom-light: #bcb9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71742,
    "c": 0.08669,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9CD8

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B72FB0

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9CD8

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

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