#9FA4E9#9FA4E9

#9FA4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4E9
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 13.88, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 37.87, 291.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0181 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.1 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2775, 39.8038, 82.5304)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4E9 #E9E49F

analogous

#9FC9E9 #9FA4E9 #BF9FE9

triadic

#9FA4E9 #E99FA4 #A4E99F

tetradic

#9FA4E9 #E99FC9 #E9E49F #9FE9BF

square

#9FA4E9 #E99FC9 #E9E49F #9FE9BF

split-complementary

#9FA4E9 #E9BF9F #C9E99F

monochromatic

#3B46D2 #6D75DE #9FA4E9 #D1D3F4 #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9FA4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#9FA4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4E9

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4E9	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FACEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CB1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbef0',
    500: '#9fa4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4e9;
$custom-light: #bdbef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.946,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74077,
    "c": 0.09956,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4E9

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BF1BCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4E9

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

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