#9FA6DA#9FA6DA

#9FA6DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.076 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA6DA
RGB	rgb(159, 166, 218)
HSL	hsl(233, 44%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(233, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 23.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 9.02, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 28.58, 288.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0111 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.076 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5858, 39.7043, 71.8414)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA6DA #DAD39F

analogous

#9FC4DA #9FA6DA #B69FDA

triadic

#9FA6DA #DA9FA6 #A6DA9F

tetradic

#9FA6DA #DA9FC4 #DAD39F #9FDAB6

square

#9FA6DA #DA9FC4 #DAD39F #9FDAB6

split-complementary

#9FA6DA #DAB69F #C4DA9F

monochromatic

#4754B8 #737DC9 #9FA6DA #CBCFEB #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9FA6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#9FA6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA6DA

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA6DA	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 166, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.076 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc0e5',
    500: '#9fa6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa6da;
$custom-light: #bcc0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.881,
    "s": 44.361,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.07555,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA6DA

secondary

#EDECDE

accent

#A72EB8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121215

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA6DA

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

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