#9FA5EB#9FA5EB

#9FA5EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.101 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA5EB
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 235)
HSL	hsl(235, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(235, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 13.82, -35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 38.38, 291.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0173 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.101 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7445, 40.2780, 84.1035)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA5EB #EBE59F

analogous

#9FCBEB #9FA5EB #BF9FEB

triadic

#9FA5EB #EB9FA5 #A5EB9F

tetradic

#9FA5EB #EB9FCB #EBE59F #9FEBBF

square

#9FA5EB #EB9FCB #EBE59F #9FEBBF

split-complementary

#9FA5EB #EBBF9F #CBEB9F

monochromatic

#3A46D6 #6C76E0 #9FA5EB #D2D4F6 #E6E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9FA5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#9FA5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA5EB

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA5EB	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.101 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbff1',
    500: '#9fa5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa5eb;
$custom-light: #bdbff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.263,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74365,
    "c": 0.10103,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA5EB

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BF18CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA5EB

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

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