#9F9FDC#9F9FDC

#9F9FDC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.088 H 284.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9FDC
RGB	rgb(159, 159, 220)
HSL	hsl(240, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 27.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 13.45, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 33.69, 293.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0213 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.088 284)
XYZ	xyz(39.6111, 37.3336, 72.8154)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9FDC #DCDC9F

analogous

#9FBEDC #9F9FDC #BE9FDC

triadic

#9F9FDC #DC9F9F #9FDC9F

tetradic

#9F9FDC #DC9FBE #DCDC9F #9FDCBE

square

#9F9FDC #DC9FBE #DCDC9F #9FDCBE

split-complementary

#9F9FDC #DCBE9F #BEDC9F

monochromatic

#4545BB #7272CC #9F9FDC #CCCCEC #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9F9FDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#9F9FDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9FDC

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9FDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9FDC	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9fdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 159, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.088 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbbe7',
    500: '#9f9fdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9fdc;
$custom-light: #bcbbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9fdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 46.565,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72511,
    "c": 0.08805,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.37335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9FDC

secondary

#EEEEDD

accent

#BA2CBA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9FDC

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

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