#9FA4E3#9FA4E3

#9FA4E3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.091 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4E3
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(236, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 12.36, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 34.61, 290.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0164 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.091 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4349, 39.4667, 78.0929)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4E3 #E3DE9F

analogous

#9FC6E3 #9FA4E3 #BC9FE3

triadic

#9FA4E3 #E39FA4 #A4E39F

tetradic

#9FA4E3 #E39FC6 #E3DE9F #9FE3BC

square

#9FA4E3 #E39FC6 #E3DE9F #9FE3BC

split-complementary

#9FA4E3 #E3BC9F #C6E39F

monochromatic

#404AC7 #7077D5 #9FA4E3 #CED1F1 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9FA4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9FA4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4E3

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4E3	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EB0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.091 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbeec',
    500: '#9fa4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4e3;
$custom-light: #bdbeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.588,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73811,
    "c": 0.09106,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4E3

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#B723C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4E3

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

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