#9FA4DC#9FA4DC

#9FA4DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.081 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4DC
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 220)
HSL	hsl(235, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(235, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 10.63, -28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 30.79, 290.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0144 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.081 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4884, 39.0881, 73.1078)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4DC #DCD79F

analogous

#9FC3DC #9FA4DC #B99FDC

triadic

#9FA4DC #DC9FA4 #A4DC9F

tetradic

#9FA4DC #DC9FC3 #DCD79F #9FDCB9

square

#9FA4DC #DC9FC3 #DCD79F #9FDCB9

split-complementary

#9FA4DC #DCB99F #C3DC9F

monochromatic

#454FBB #7279CC #9FA4DC #CCCFEC #E9EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9FA4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9FA4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4DC

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4DC	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.081 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbee7',
    500: '#9fa4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4dc;
$custom-light: #bcbee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.082,
    "s": 46.565,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73509,
    "c": 0.08109,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4DC

secondary

#EEECDD

accent

#AE2CBA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4DC

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

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