#9FABEF#9FABEF

#9FABEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.099 H 276.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FABEF
RGB	rgb(159, 171, 239)
HSL	hsl(231, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(231, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 11.47, -35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 37.16, 287.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0105 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.099 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4366, 42.7272, 87.5505)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FABEF #EFE39F

analogous

#9FD3EF #9FABEF #BB9FEF

triadic

#9FABEF #EF9FAB #ABEF9F

tetradic

#9FABEF #EF9FD3 #EFE39F #9FEFBB

square

#9FABEF #EF9FD3 #EFE39F #9FEFBB

split-complementary

#9FABEF #EFBB9F #D3EF9F

monochromatic

#364FDE #6B7DE6 #9FABEF #D3D9F8 #E5E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#9FABEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#9FABEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FABEF

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FABEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FABEF	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89B8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fabef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 171, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.099 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc3f4',
    500: '#9fabef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fabef;
$custom-light: #bdc3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fabef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75736,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FABEF

secondary

#F2EED9

accent

#B612D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FABEF

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

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