#9FAAE4#9FAAE4

#9FAAE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.085 H 275.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAAE4
RGB	rgb(159, 170, 228)
HSL	hsl(230, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(230, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 9.25, -30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 31.79, 286.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.0086 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.085 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6725, 41.7205, 79.1883)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAAE4 #E4D99F

analogous

#9FCCE4 #9FAAE4 #B69FE4

triadic

#9FAAE4 #E49FAA #AAE49F

tetradic

#9FAAE4 #E49FCC #E4D99F #9FE4B6

square

#9FAAE4 #E49FCC #E4D99F #9FE4B6

split-complementary

#9FAAE4 #E4B69F #CCE49F

monochromatic

#3F55C9 #6F80D7 #9FAAE4 #CFD4F1 #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#9FAAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#9FAAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAAE4

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAAE4	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DB5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 170, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.085 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc3ec',
    500: '#9faae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faae4;
$custom-light: #bdc3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.435,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75057,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAAE4

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#AA22C4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAAE4

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

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