#9FAAE3#9FAAE3

#9FAAE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.083 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAAE3
RGB	rgb(159, 170, 227)
HSL	hsl(230, 55%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(230, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 25.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 9.00, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 31.25, 286.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0084 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.083 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5341, 41.6651, 78.4593)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAAE3 #E3D89F

analogous

#9FCCE3 #9FAAE3 #B69FE3

triadic

#9FAAE3 #E39FAA #AAE39F

tetradic

#9FAAE3 #E39FCC #E3D89F #9FE3B6

square

#9FAAE3 #E39FCC #E3D89F #9FE3B6

split-complementary

#9FAAE3 #E3B69F #CCE39F

monochromatic

#4056C7 #7080D5 #9FAAE3 #CED4F1 #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#9FAAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#9FAAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAAE3

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAAE3	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DB5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 170, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.083 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc3ec',
    500: '#9faae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faae3;
$custom-light: #bdc3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.294,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75014,
    "c": 0.08316,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAAE3

secondary

#EFECDC

accent

#A923C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAAE3

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

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