#9FA2E2#9FA2E2

#9FA2E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.092 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2E2
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 226)
HSL	hsl(237, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(237, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 13.24, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 35.21, 292.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0189 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.092 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9422, 38.7015, 77.2498)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2E2 #E2DF9F

analogous

#9FC4E2 #9FA2E2 #BD9FE2

triadic

#9FA2E2 #E29FA2 #A2E29F

tetradic

#9FA2E2 #E29FC4 #E2DF9F #9FE2BD

square

#9FA2E2 #E29FC4 #E2DF9F #9FE2BD

split-complementary

#9FA2E2 #E2BD9F #C4E29F

monochromatic

#4147C6 #7074D4 #9FA2E2 #CED0F0 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9FA2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#9FA2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2E2

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2E2	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.092 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbdeb',
    500: '#9fa2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2e2;
$custom-light: #bdbdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.313,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73369,
    "c": 0.09238,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2E2

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#BA24C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2E2

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

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