#9FAEC6#9FAEC6

#9FAEC6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.039 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEC6
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(217, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(217, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -0.09, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 13.96, 269.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0068 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.039 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6246, 41.7193, 59.3801)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEC6 #C6B79F

analogous

#9FC1C6 #9FAEC6 #A49FC6

triadic

#9FAEC6 #C69FAE #AEC69F

tetradic

#9FAEC6 #C69FC1 #C6B79F #9FC6A4

square

#9FAEC6 #C69FC1 #C6B79F #9FC6A4

split-complementary

#9FAEC6 #C6A49F #C1C69F

monochromatic

#576E93 #798EAF #9FAEC6 #C5CEDD #ECEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#9FAEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#9FAEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEC6

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEC6	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)

#A6AFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ABC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.039 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc6d7',
    500: '#9faec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faec6;
$custom-light: #bbc6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 25.49,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74707,
    "c": 0.03853,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEC6

secondary

#E6E2DB

accent

#7E41A4

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEC6

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

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