#9FACED#9FACED

#9FACED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.095 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FACED
RGB	rgb(159, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(230, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(230, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 10.40, -33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 35.53, 287.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0086 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.095 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3323, 42.9888, 86.0662)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FACED #EDE09F

analogous

#9FD3ED #9FACED #B99FED

triadic

#9FACED #ED9FAC #ACED9F

tetradic

#9FACED #ED9FD3 #EDE09F #9FEDB9

square

#9FACED #ED9FD3 #EDE09F #9FEDB9

split-complementary

#9FACED #EDB99F #D3ED9F

monochromatic

#3853DA #6B7FE3 #9FACED #D3D9F7 #E5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9FACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#9FACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FACED

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FACED	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AB8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.095 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc4f3',
    500: '#9faced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faced;
$custom-light: #bdc4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75848,
    "c": 0.0947,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FACED

secondary

#F2EED9

accent

#B115D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FACED

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

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