#9FA4EE#9FA4EE

#9FA4EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.107 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4EE
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 238)
HSL	hsl(236, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(236, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 31.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 15.15, -37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 40.58, 291.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0194 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.107 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0019, 40.0935, 86.3455)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4EE #EEE99F

analogous

#9FCBEE #9FA4EE #C29FEE

triadic

#9FA4EE #EE9FA4 #A4EE9F

tetradic

#9FA4EE #EE9FCB #EEE99F #9FEEC2

square

#9FA4EE #EE9FCB #EEE99F #9FEEC2

split-complementary

#9FA4EE #EEC29F #CBEE9F

monochromatic

#3741DC #6B73E5 #9FA4EE #D3D5F7 #E5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9FA4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#9FA4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4EE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4EE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DADF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AB2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.107 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbef4',
    500: '#9fa4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4ee;
$custom-light: #bdbef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.203,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74305,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4EE

secondary

#F2F0D9

accent

#C614D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4EE

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

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