#9FA8DB#9FA8DB

#9FA8DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.074 H 276.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8DB
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 219)
HSL	hsl(231, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(231, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 8.15, -26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 28.02, 286.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0086 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.074 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0835, 40.4895, 72.6548)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8DB #DBD29F

analogous

#9FC6DB #9FA8DB #B49FDB

triadic

#9FA8DB #DB9FA8 #A8DB9F

tetradic

#9FA8DB #DB9FC6 #DBD29F #9FDBB4

square

#9FA8DB #DB9FC6 #DBD29F #9FDBB4

split-complementary

#9FA8DB #DBB49F #C6DB9F

monochromatic

#4657BA #7280CA #9FA8DB #CCD0EC #E9EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9FA8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#9FA8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8DB

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8DB	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.074 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc1e6',
    500: '#9fa8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8db;
$custom-light: #bcc1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74275,
    "c": 0.07438,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8DB

secondary

#EEEBDD

accent

#A42DB9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8DB

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

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