#9FA4EA#9FA4EA

#9FA4EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.101 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4EA
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 234)
HSL	hsl(236, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 29.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 14.13, -35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 38.41, 291.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0184 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.101 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4207, 39.8611, 83.2848)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4EA #EAE59F

analogous

#9FCAEA #9FA4EA #C09FEA

triadic

#9FA4EA #EA9FA4 #A4EA9F

tetradic

#9FA4EA #EA9FCA #EAE59F #9FEAC0

square

#9FA4EA #EA9FCA #EAE59F #9FEAC0

split-complementary

#9FA4EA #EAC09F #CAEA9F

monochromatic

#3B45D4 #6D74DF #9FA4EA #D1D4F5 #E6E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9FA4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#9FA4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4EA

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4EA	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FACED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.101 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbef1',
    500: '#9fa4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4ea;
$custom-light: #bdbef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74122,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4EA

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#C01ACC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4EA

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

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