#9FA2E5#9FA2E5

#9FA2E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.097 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2E5
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 229)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(237, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 29.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 13.99, -34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 36.85, 292.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0197 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.097 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3575, 38.8676, 79.4367)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2E5 #E5E29F

analogous

#9FC5E5 #9FA2E5 #BF9FE5

triadic

#9FA2E5 #E59FA2 #A2E59F

tetradic

#9FA2E5 #E59FC5 #E5E29F #9FE5BF

square

#9FA2E5 #E59FC5 #E5E29F #9FE5BF

split-complementary

#9FA2E5 #E5BF9F #C5E59F

monochromatic

#3F45CB #6F73D8 #9FA2E5 #CFD1F2 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9FA2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#9FA2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2E5

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2E5	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DAEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.097 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbded',
    500: '#9fa2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2e5;
$custom-light: #bdbded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.429,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73502,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2E5

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#BE21C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2E5

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

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