#9FA4E1#9FA4E1

#9FA4E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.088 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4E1
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(235, 52%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(235, 29%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 11.87, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 33.52, 290.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0159 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.088 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1605, 39.3570, 76.6476)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4E1 #E1DC9F

analogous

#9FC5E1 #9FA4E1 #BB9FE1

triadic

#9FA4E1 #E19FA4 #A4E19F

tetradic

#9FA4E1 #E19FC5 #E1DC9F #9FE1BB

square

#9FA4E1 #E19FC5 #E1DC9F #9FE1BB

split-complementary

#9FA4E1 #E1BB9F #C5E19F

monochromatic

#424CC4 #7078D2 #9FA4E1 #CED0F0 #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9FA4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#9FA4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4E1

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4E1	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.088 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbeea',
    500: '#9fa4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4e1;
$custom-light: #bdbeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.455,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73723,
    "c": 0.08821,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4E1

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B426C0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4E1

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

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