#9F9DD4#9F9DD4

#9F9DD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.080 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9DD4
RGB	rgb(159, 157, 212)
HSL	hsl(242, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(242, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 25.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 12.63, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 30.48, 294.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0217 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.08 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2357, 36.2376, 67.2547)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9DD4 #D2D49D

analogous

#9DB6D4 #9F9DD4 #BB9DD4

triadic

#9F9DD4 #D49F9D #9DD49F

tetradic

#9F9DD4 #D49DB6 #D2D49D #9DD4BB

square

#9F9DD4 #D49DB6 #D2D49D #9DD4BB

split-complementary

#9F9DD4 #D4BB9D #B6D49D

monochromatic

#4F4BAB #7572C1 #9F9DD4 #C9C8E7 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9F9DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#9F9DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9DD4

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9DD4	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 157, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.080 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9e1',
    500: '#9f9dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9dd4;
$custom-light: #bcb9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.182,
    "s": 39.007,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71769,
    "c": 0.0795,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9DD4

secondary

#ECECDF

accent

#B234AD

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9DD4

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

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