#9FA3EE#9FA3EE

#9FA3EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.108 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA3EE
RGB	rgb(159, 163, 238)
HSL	hsl(237, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(237, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 15.72, -38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 41.16, 292.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0207 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.108 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8236, 39.7370, 86.2861)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA3EE #EEEA9F

analogous

#9FCAEE #9FA3EE #C29FEE

triadic

#9FA3EE #EE9FA3 #A3EE9F

tetradic

#9FA3EE #EE9FCA #EEEA9F #9FEEC2

square

#9FA3EE #EE9FCA #EEEA9F #9FEEC2

split-complementary

#9FA3EE #EEC29F #CAEE9F

monochromatic

#373FDC #6B71E5 #9FA3EE #D3D5F7 #E5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9FA3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#9FA3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA3EE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA3EE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AB1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 163, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.108 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbef4',
    500: '#9fa3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa3ee;
$custom-light: #bdbef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.962,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74108,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA3EE

secondary

#F2F1D9

accent

#C814D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA3EE

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

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