#9FA3DB#9FA3DB

#9FA3DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.081 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA3DB
RGB	rgb(159, 163, 219)
HSL	hsl(236, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(236, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 10.95, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 30.82, 290.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0155 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.081 281)
XYZ	xyz(40.1781, 38.6788, 72.3530)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA3DB #DBD79F

analogous

#9FC1DB #9FA3DB #B99FDB

triadic

#9FA3DB #DB9FA3 #A3DB9F

tetradic

#9FA3DB #DB9FC1 #DBD79F #9FDBB9

square

#9FA3DB #DB9FC1 #DBD79F #9FDBB9

split-complementary

#9FA3DB #DBB99F #C1DB9F

monochromatic

#464EBA #7278CA #9FA3DB #CCCEEC #E9EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9FA3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#9FA3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA3DB

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA3DB	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)

#93A9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90ADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 163, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.081 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbee6',
    500: '#9fa3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa3db;
$custom-light: #bcbee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73266,
    "c": 0.08102,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.3868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA3DB

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#AF2DB9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA3DB

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

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