#9FA4E5#9FA4E5

#9FA4E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.094 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4E5
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(236, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 12.87, -33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 35.69, 291.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.017 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.094 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7126, 39.5778, 79.5551)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4E5 #E5E09F

analogous

#9FC7E5 #9FA4E5 #BD9FE5

triadic

#9FA4E5 #E59FA4 #A4E59F

tetradic

#9FA4E5 #E59FC7 #E5E09F #9FE5BD

square

#9FA4E5 #E59FC7 #E5E09F #9FE5BD

split-complementary

#9FA4E5 #E5BD9F #C7E59F

monochromatic

#3F49CB #6F76D8 #9FA4E5 #CFD2F2 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9FA4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#9FA4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4E5

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4E5	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DB0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.094 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbeed',
    500: '#9fa4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4e5;
$custom-light: #bdbeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73899,
    "c": 0.09389,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4E5

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B921C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4E5

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

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