#9FA4DD#9FA4DD

#9FA4DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.083 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4DD
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 221)
HSL	hsl(235, 48%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(235, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 10.88, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 31.34, 290.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0147 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.083 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6212, 39.1413, 73.8074)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4DD #DDD89F

analogous

#9FC3DD #9FA4DD #B99FDD

triadic

#9FA4DD #DD9FA4 #A4DD9F

tetradic

#9FA4DD #DD9FC3 #DDD89F #9FDDB9

square

#9FA4DD #DD9FC3 #DDD89F #9FDDB9

split-complementary

#9FA4DD #DDB99F #C3DD9F

monochromatic

#454EBD #7279CD #9FA4DD #CCCFED #E8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9FA4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9FA4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4DD

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4DD	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.083 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbee7',
    500: '#9fa4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4dd;
$custom-light: #bcbee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.161,
    "s": 47.692,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73551,
    "c": 0.08251,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4DD

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#AF2BBB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4DD

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

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