#9FA8DA#9FA8DA

#9FA8DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.073 H 276.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8DA
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(231, 44%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(231, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 7.90, -26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 27.48, 286.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.0083 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.073 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9522, 40.4371, 71.9635)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8DA #DAD19F

analogous

#9FC6DA #9FA8DA #B49FDA

triadic

#9FA8DA #DA9FA8 #A8DA9F

tetradic

#9FA8DA #DA9FC6 #DAD19F #9FDAB4

square

#9FA8DA #DA9FC6 #DAD19F #9FDAB4

split-complementary

#9FA8DA #DAB49F #C6DA9F

monochromatic

#4758B8 #7380C9 #9FA8DA #CBD0EB #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9FA8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#9FA8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8DA

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8DA	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.073 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc1e5',
    500: '#9fa8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8da;
$custom-light: #bcc1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.847,
    "s": 44.361,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74234,
    "c": 0.07295,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8DA

secondary

#EDEBDE

accent

#A32EB8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121215

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8DA

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

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