#9FA6EA#9FA6EA

#9FA6EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.098 H 279.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA6EA
RGB	rgb(159, 166, 234)
HSL	hsl(234, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 13.00, -34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 37.26, 290.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0157 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.098 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7815, 40.5825, 83.4051)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA6EA #EAE39F

analogous

#9FCCEA #9FA6EA #BE9FEA

triadic

#9FA6EA #EA9FA6 #A6EA9F

tetradic

#9FA6EA #EA9FCC #EAE39F #9FEABE

square

#9FA6EA #EA9FCC #EAE39F #9FEABE

split-complementary

#9FA6EA #EABE9F #CCEA9F

monochromatic

#3B49D4 #6D77DF #9FA6EA #D1D5F5 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#9FA6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#9FA6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA6EA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA6EA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 166, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.098 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc0f1',
    500: '#9fa6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa6ea;
$custom-light: #bdc0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.4,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74518,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA6EA

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BB1ACC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA6EA

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

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