#9FAEC9#9FAEC9

#9FAEC9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.042 H 262.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEC9
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(219, 28%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(219, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 0.59, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 15.47, 272.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0057 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.042 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9740, 41.8591, 61.2205)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEC9 #C9BA9F

analogous

#9FC3C9 #9FAEC9 #A59FC9

triadic

#9FAEC9 #C99FAE #AEC99F

tetradic

#9FAEC9 #C99FC3 #C9BA9F #9FC9A5

square

#9FAEC9 #C99FC3 #C9BA9F #9FC9A5

split-complementary

#9FAEC9 #C9A59F #C3C99F

monochromatic

#566D98 #788DB3 #9FAEC9 #C6CFDF #EBEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#9FAEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#9FAEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEC9

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEC9	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.042 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6d9',
    500: '#9faec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faec9;
$custom-light: #bcc6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 28,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74815,
    "c": 0.04248,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEC9

secondary

#E8E4DC

accent

#823FA7

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEC9

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

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