#9FA4E6#9FA4E6

#9FA4E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.095 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4E6
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(236, 59%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(236, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 13.12, -33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 36.24, 291.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0173 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.095 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8526, 39.6338, 80.2925)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4E6 #E6E19F

analogous

#9FC8E6 #9FA4E6 #BE9FE6

triadic

#9FA4E6 #E69FA4 #A4E69F

tetradic

#9FA4E6 #E69FC8 #E6E19F #9FE6BE

square

#9FA4E6 #E69FC8 #E6E19F #9FE6BE

split-complementary

#9FA4E6 #E6BE9F #C8E69F

monochromatic

#3E48CD #6E76D9 #9FA4E6 #D0D2F3 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9FA4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#9FA4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4E6

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4E6	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DB0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.095 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbeee',
    500: '#9fa4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4e6;
$custom-light: #bdbeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.775,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73943,
    "c": 0.09531,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4E6

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#BB1FC6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4E6

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

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