#9FA9FF#9FA9FF

#9FA9FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.124 H 278.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA9FF
RGB	rgb(159, 169, 255)
HSL	hsl(234, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(234, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 33.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 16.78, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 46.87, 290.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0171 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.124 278)
XYZ	xyz(46.5308, 42.9650, 100.4297)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA9FF #FFF59F

analogous

#9FD9FF #9FA9FF #C59FFF

triadic

#9FA9FF #FF9FA9 #A9FF9F

tetradic

#9FA9FF #FF9FD9 #FFF59F #9FFFC5

square

#9FA9FF #FF9FD9 #FFF59F #9FFFC5

split-complementary

#9FA9FF #FFC59F #D9FF9F

monochromatic

#253BFF #6272FF #9FA9FF #DCE0FF #E0E4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9FA9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#9FA9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA9FF

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA9FF	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87ACFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83BAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 169, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.124 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec2ff',
    500: '#9fa9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa9ff;
$custom-light: #bec2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.75,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76083,
    "c": 0.12369,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.42967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA9FF

secondary

#F7F4D4

accent

#CE00E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121218

muted

#818186

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA9FF

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

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