#9FA9DA#9FA9DA

#9FA9DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.072 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA9DA
RGB	rgb(159, 169, 218)
HSL	hsl(230, 44%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(230, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 22.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 7.35, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 26.94, 285.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% 0.0069 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.072 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1376, 40.8077, 72.0253)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA9DA #DAD09F

analogous

#9FC7DA #9FA9DA #B39FDA

triadic

#9FA9DA #DA9FA9 #A9DA9F

tetradic

#9FA9DA #DA9FC7 #DAD09F #9FDAB3

square

#9FA9DA #DA9FC7 #DAD09F #9FDAB3

split-complementary

#9FA9DA #DAB39F #C7DA9F

monochromatic

#475AB8 #7381C9 #9FA9DA #CBD1EB #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9FA9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#9FA9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA9DA

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA9DA	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 169, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.072 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc2e5',
    500: '#9fa9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa9da;
$custom-light: #bcc2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.831,
    "s": 44.361,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74437,
    "c": 0.07169,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA9DA

secondary

#EDEBDE

accent

#A02EB8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121215

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA9DA

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

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