#9FA4E4#9FA4E4

#9FA4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.092 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4E4
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(236, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 12.61, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 35.15, 291.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0167 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.092 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5733, 39.5221, 78.8219)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4E4 #E4DF9F

analogous

#9FC6E4 #9FA4E4 #BC9FE4

triadic

#9FA4E4 #E49FA4 #A4E49F

tetradic

#9FA4E4 #E49FC6 #E4DF9F #9FE4BC

square

#9FA4E4 #E49FC6 #E4DF9F #9FE4BC

split-complementary

#9FA4E4 #E4BC9F #C6E49F

monochromatic

#3F49C9 #6F77D7 #9FA4E4 #CFD1F1 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9FA4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#9FA4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4E4

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4E4	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DB0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.092 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbeec',
    500: '#9fa4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4e4;
$custom-light: #bdbeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.652,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73855,
    "c": 0.09247,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4E4

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B822C4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4E4

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

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