#9FA4E2#9FA4E2

#9FA4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.090 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4E2
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(236, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(236, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 12.11, -31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 34.06, 290.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0162 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.09 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2973, 39.4117, 77.3681)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4E2 #E2DD9F

analogous

#9FC5E2 #9FA4E2 #BB9FE2

triadic

#9FA4E2 #E29FA4 #A4E29F

tetradic

#9FA4E2 #E29FC5 #E2DD9F #9FE2BB

square

#9FA4E2 #E29FC5 #E2DD9F #9FE2BB

split-complementary

#9FA4E2 #E2BB9F #C5E29F

monochromatic

#414BC6 #7077D4 #9FA4E2 #CED1F0 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9FA4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9FA4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4E2

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4E2	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.090 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbeeb',
    500: '#9fa4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4e2;
$custom-light: #bdbeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.522,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73767,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4E2

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#B524C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4E2

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

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