#9FA2DC#9FA2DC

#9FA2DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.084 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2DC
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 220)
HSL	hsl(237, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(237, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 26.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 11.76, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 31.94, 291.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0172 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.084 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1333, 38.3779, 72.9894)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2DC #DCD99F

analogous

#9FC1DC #9FA2DC #BB9FDC

triadic

#9FA2DC #DC9FA2 #A2DC9F

tetradic

#9FA2DC #DC9FC1 #DCD99F #9FDCBB

square

#9FA2DC #DC9FC1 #DCD99F #9FDCBB

split-complementary

#9FA2DC #DCBB9F #C1DC9F

monochromatic

#454BBB #7277CC #9FA2DC #CCCDEC #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9FA2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#9FA2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2DC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2DC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90ACB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.084 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbde7',
    500: '#9fa2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2dc;
$custom-light: #bcbde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.049,
    "s": 46.565,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73108,
    "c": 0.08384,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2DC

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#B32CBA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2DC

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

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