#9FA2EB#9FA2EB

#9FA2EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA2EB
RGB	rgb(159, 162, 235)
HSL	hsl(238, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(238, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 31.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 15.51, -36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 40.11, 292.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0213 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.105 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2097, 39.2085, 83.9252)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA2EB #EBE89F

analogous

#9FC8EB #9FA2EB #C29FEB

triadic

#9FA2EB #EB9FA2 #A2EB9F

tetradic

#9FA2EB #EB9FC8 #EBE89F #9FEBC2

square

#9FA2EB #EB9FC8 #EBE89F #9FEBC2

split-complementary

#9FA2EB #EBC29F #C8EB9F

monochromatic

#3A40D6 #6C71E0 #9FA2EB #D2D3F6 #E6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9FA2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#9FA2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA2EB

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA2EB	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 162, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbdf1',
    500: '#9fa2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa2eb;
$custom-light: #bdbdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.632,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73774,
    "c": 0.10513,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA2EB

secondary

#F1F0DA

accent

#C618CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA2EB

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

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