#9FA8EF#9FA8EF

#9FA8EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.103 H 278.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8EF
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 239)
HSL	hsl(233, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(233, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 29.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 13.16, -36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 38.83, 289.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% 0.0144 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.103 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8763, 41.6067, 87.3637)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8EF #EFE69F

analogous

#9FD0EF #9FA8EF #BE9FEF

triadic

#9FA8EF #EF9FA8 #A8EF9F

tetradic

#9FA8EF #EF9FD0 #EFE69F #9FEFBE

square

#9FA8EF #EF9FD0 #EFE69F #9FEFBE

split-complementary

#9FA8EF #EFBE9F #D0EF9F

monochromatic

#3649DE #6B78E6 #9FA8EF #D3D8F8 #E5E7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#9FA8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#9FA8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8EF

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8EF	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.103 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1f4',
    500: '#9fa8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8ef;
$custom-light: #bdc1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.25,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7514,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8EF

secondary

#F2EFD9

accent

#BE12D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8EF

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

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