#9FA2DD#9FA2DD

#9FA2DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.085 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2DD
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 221)
HSL	hsl(237, 48%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(237, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 26.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 12.00, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 32.48, 291.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0175 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.085 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2661, 38.4310, 73.6890)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2DD #DDDA9F

analogous

#9FC1DD #9FA2DD #BB9FDD

triadic

#9FA2DD #DD9FA2 #A2DD9F

tetradic

#9FA2DD #DD9FC1 #DDDA9F #9FDDBB

square

#9FA2DD #DD9FC1 #DDDA9F #9FDDBB

split-complementary

#9FA2DD #DDBB9F #C1DD9F

monochromatic

#454ABD #7276CD #9FA2DD #CCCEED #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9FA2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#9FA2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2DD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2DD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90ADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.085 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbde7',
    500: '#9fa2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2dd;
$custom-light: #bcbde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.097,
    "s": 47.692,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73151,
    "c": 0.08525,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2DD

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#B42BBB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2DD

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

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