#9FA8FF#9FA8FF

#9FA8FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.125 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8FF
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 255)
HSL	hsl(234, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(234, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, 17.34, -44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 47.45, 291.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0184 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.125 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3455, 42.5943, 100.3680)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8FF #FFF69F

analogous

#9FD8FF #9FA8FF #C69FFF

triadic

#9FA8FF #FF9FA8 #A8FF9F

tetradic

#9FA8FF #FF9FD8 #FFF69F #9FFFC6

square

#9FA8FF #FF9FD8 #FFF69F #9FFFC6

split-complementary

#9FA8FF #FFC69F #D8FF9F

monochromatic

#2539FF #6271FF #9FA8FF #DCDFFF #E0E3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#9FA8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#9FA8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8FF

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8FF	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BB2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85ABFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83B9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.125 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec1ff',
    500: '#9fa8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8ff;
$custom-light: #bec1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.375,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75888,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8FF

secondary

#F7F4D4

accent

#D000E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121218

muted

#818186

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8FF

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

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