#9FA8EC#9FA8EC

#9FA8EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.098 H 277.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8EC
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(233, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(233, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 12.39, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 37.21, 289.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0136 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.098 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4368, 41.4309, 85.0490)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8EC #ECE39F

analogous

#9FCFEC #9FA8EC #BC9FEC

triadic

#9FA8EC #EC9FA8 #A8EC9F

tetradic

#9FA8EC #EC9FCF #ECE39F #9FECBC

square

#9FA8EC #EC9FCF #ECE39F #9FECBC

split-complementary

#9FA8EC #ECBC9F #CFEC9F

monochromatic

#394BD8 #6C7AE2 #9FA8EC #D2D6F6 #E5E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#9FA8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#9FA8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8EC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8EC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AB5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.098 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1f2',
    500: '#9fa8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8ec;
$custom-light: #bdc1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.987,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75005,
    "c": 0.09844,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8EC

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#B917CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8EC

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

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