#9FA4E8#9FA4E8

#9FA4E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.098 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4E8
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 13.62, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 37.32, 291.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0178 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.098 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1350, 39.7468, 81.7802)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4E8 #E8E39F

analogous

#9FC9E8 #9FA4E8 #BF9FE8

triadic

#9FA4E8 #E89FA4 #A4E89F

tetradic

#9FA4E8 #E89FC9 #E8E39F #9FE8BF

square

#9FA4E8 #E89FC9 #E8E39F #9FE8BF

split-complementary

#9FA4E8 #E8BF9F #C9E89F

monochromatic

#3C46D0 #6E75DC #9FA4E8 #D0D3F4 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9FA4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#9FA4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4E8

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4E8	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ACEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CB1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.098 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbeef',
    500: '#9fa4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4e8;
$custom-light: #bdbeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.89,
    "s": 61.345,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74032,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4E8

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#BD1CC9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4E8

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

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