#9FA5DD#9FA5DD

#9FA5DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.081 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA5DD
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(234, 48%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(234, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 10.32, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 30.77, 289.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0133 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.081 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8009, 39.5006, 73.8673)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA5DD #DDD79F

analogous

#9FC4DD #9FA5DD #B89FDD

triadic

#9FA5DD #DD9FA5 #A5DD9F

tetradic

#9FA5DD #DD9FC4 #DDD79F #9FDDB8

square

#9FA5DD #DD9FC4 #DDD79F #9FDDB8

split-complementary

#9FA5DD #DDB89F #C4DD9F

monochromatic

#4550BD #727BCD #9FA5DD #CCCFED #E8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9FA5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#9FA5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA5DD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA5DD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.081 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbfe7',
    500: '#9fa5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa5dd;
$custom-light: #bcbfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.194,
    "s": 47.692,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73752,
    "c": 0.08116,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA5DD

secondary

#EEECDD

accent

#AD2BBB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA5DD

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

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