#9FAAE2#9FAAE2

#9FAAE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.082 H 275.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAAE2
RGB	rgb(159, 170, 226)
HSL	hsl(230, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(230, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 8.75, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 30.71, 286.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0081 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.082 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3965, 41.6101, 77.7345)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAAE2 #E2D79F

analogous

#9FCBE2 #9FAAE2 #B59FE2

triadic

#9FAAE2 #E29FAA #AAE29F

tetradic

#9FAAE2 #E29FCB #E2D79F #9FE2B5

square

#9FAAE2 #E29FCB #E2D79F #9FE2B5

split-complementary

#9FAAE2 #E2B59F #CBE29F

monochromatic

#4157C6 #7080D4 #9FAAE2 #CED4F0 #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#9FAAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#9FAAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAAE2

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAAE2	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EB4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 170, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.082 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc3eb',
    500: '#9faae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faae2;
$custom-light: #bdc3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.149,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74972,
    "c": 0.08175,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAAE2

secondary

#EFECDC

accent

#A724C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAAE2

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

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