#9FA9EF#9FA9EF

#9FA9EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.101 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA9EF
RGB	rgb(159, 169, 239)
HSL	hsl(233, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(233, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 29.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 12.59, -36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 38.27, 289.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.0131 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.101 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0616, 41.9773, 87.4255)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA9EF #EFE59F

analogous

#9FD1EF #9FA9EF #BD9FEF

triadic

#9FA9EF #EF9FA9 #A9EF9F

tetradic

#9FA9EF #EF9FD1 #EFE59F #9FEFBD

square

#9FA9EF #EF9FD1 #EFE59F #9FEFBD

split-complementary

#9FA9EF #EFBD9F #D1EF9F

monochromatic

#364BDE #6B7AE6 #9FA9EF #D3D8F8 #E5E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#9FA9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#9FA9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA9EF

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA9EF	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89B6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 169, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.101 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc2f4',
    500: '#9fa9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa9ef;
$custom-light: #bdc2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75338,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA9EF

secondary

#F2EFD9

accent

#BB12D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA9EF

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

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