#9FA9DB#9FA9DB

#9FA9DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.073 H 275.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA9DB
RGB	rgb(159, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(230, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(230, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 7.59, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 27.48, 286.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0073 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.073 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2688, 40.8602, 72.7166)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA9DB #DBD19F

analogous

#9FC7DB #9FA9DB #B39FDB

triadic

#9FA9DB #DB9FA9 #A9DB9F

tetradic

#9FA9DB #DB9FC7 #DBD19F #9FDBB3

square

#9FA9DB #DB9FC7 #DBD19F #9FDBB3

split-complementary

#9FA9DB #DBB39F #C7DB9F

monochromatic

#4659BA #7281CA #9FA9DB #CCD1EC #E9EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9FA9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#9FA9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA9DB

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA9DB	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.073 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc2e6',
    500: '#9fa9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa9db;
$custom-light: #bcc2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74478,
    "c": 0.07311,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA9DB

secondary

#EEEBDD

accent

#A12DB9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA9DB

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

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