#9F9CEC#9F9CEC

#9F9CEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 284.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9CEC
RGB	rgb(159, 156, 236)
HSL	hsl(242, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(242, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 19.17, -39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 44.21, 295.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0295 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.115 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3228, 37.2028, 84.3443)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9CEC #E9EC9C

analogous

#9CC1EC #9F9CEC #C79CEC

triadic

#9F9CEC #EC9F9C #9CEC9F

tetradic

#9F9CEC #EC9CC1 #E9EC9C #9CECC7

square

#9F9CEC #EC9CC1 #E9EC9C #9CECC7

split-complementary

#9F9CEC #ECC79C #C1EC9C

monochromatic

#3B35D8 #6D69E2 #9F9CEC #D1CFF6 #E6E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9F9CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#9F9CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9CEC

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9CEC	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BABB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 156, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9f2',
    500: '#9f9cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9cec;
$custom-light: #bdb9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.25,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72654,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9CEC

secondary

#F1F2D9

accent

#D016C9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9CEC

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

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