#9FA8EB#9FA8EB

#9FA8EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.097 H 277.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8EB
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(233, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(233, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, 12.13, -34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 36.67, 289.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% 0.0133 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.097 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2919, 41.3729, 84.2859)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8EB #EBE29F

analogous

#9FCEEB #9FA8EB #BC9FEB

triadic

#9FA8EB #EB9FA8 #A8EB9F

tetradic

#9FA8EB #EB9FCE #EBE29F #9FEBBC

square

#9FA8EB #EB9FCE #EBE29F #9FEBBC

split-complementary

#9FA8EB #EBBC9F #CEEB9F

monochromatic

#3A4CD6 #6C7AE0 #9FA8EB #D2D6F6 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#9FA8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#9FA8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8EB

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8EB	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.097 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1f1',
    500: '#9fa8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8eb;
$custom-light: #bdc1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.895,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7496,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8EB

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B818CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8EB

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

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