#9FA0DC#9FA0DC

#9FA0DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.087 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA0DC
RGB	rgb(159, 160, 220)
HSL	hsl(239, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(239, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 27.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 12.88, -30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 33.10, 292.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0199 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.087 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7838, 37.6789, 72.8729)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA0DC #DCDB9F

analogous

#9FBFDC #9FA0DC #BD9FDC

triadic

#9FA0DC #DC9FA0 #A0DC9F

tetradic

#9FA0DC #DC9FBF #DCDB9F #9FDCBD

square

#9FA0DC #DC9FBF #DCDB9F #9FDCBD

split-complementary

#9FA0DC #DCBD9F #BFDC9F

monochromatic

#4547BB #7274CC #9FA0DC #CCCCEC #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9FA0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#9FA0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA0DC

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA0DC	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90ABB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 160, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.087 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbce7',
    500: '#9fa0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa0dc;
$custom-light: #bcbce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.016,
    "s": 46.565,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72709,
    "c": 0.08663,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA0DC

secondary

#EEEEDD

accent

#B72CBA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA0DC

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

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