#9FA8EE#9FA8EE

#9FA8EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.101 H 278.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8EE
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(233, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(233, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 12.90, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 38.29, 289.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% 0.0141 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.101 278)
XYZ	xyz(43.7290, 41.5478, 86.5878)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8EE #EEE59F

analogous

#9FCFEE #9FA8EE #BE9FEE

triadic

#9FA8EE #EE9FA8 #A8EE9F

tetradic

#9FA8EE #EE9FCF #EEE59F #9FEEBE

square

#9FA8EE #EE9FCF #EEE59F #9FEEBE

split-complementary

#9FA8EE #EEBE9F #CFEE9F

monochromatic

#374ADC #6B79E5 #9FA8EE #D3D7F7 #E5E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#9FA8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#9FA8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8EE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8EE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AB5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.101 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1f3',
    500: '#9fa8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8ee;
$custom-light: #bdc1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.165,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75095,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.41549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8EE

secondary

#F2EFD9

accent

#BC14D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8EE

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

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