#9F9DD2#9F9DD2

#9F9DD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.077 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9DD2
RGB	rgb(159, 157, 210)
HSL	hsl(242, 37%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(242, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 12.15, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 29.38, 294.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0212 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.077 286)
XYZ	xyz(37.9850, 36.1373, 65.9342)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9DD2 #D0D29D

analogous

#9DB6D2 #9F9DD2 #BA9DD2

triadic

#9F9DD2 #D29F9D #9DD29F

tetradic

#9F9DD2 #D29DB6 #D0D29D #9DD2BA

square

#9F9DD2 #D29DB6 #D0D29D #9DD2BA

split-complementary

#9F9DD2 #D2BA9D #B6D29D

monochromatic

#504DA8 #7673BF #9F9DD2 #C8C7E5 #EAEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9F9DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#9F9DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9DD2

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9DD2	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 157, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.077 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9e0',
    500: '#9f9dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9dd2;
$custom-light: #bcb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.264,
    "s": 37.063,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71685,
    "c": 0.07664,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.36138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9DD2

secondary

#ECECDF

accent

#B036AB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9DD2

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

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