#9FAEE3#9FAEE3

#9FAEE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.078 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEE3
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(227, 55%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(227, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 6.77, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 29.12, 283.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% 0.003 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.078 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2954, 43.1877, 78.7130)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEE3 #E3D49F

analogous

#9FD0E3 #9FAEE3 #B29FE3

triadic

#9FAEE3 #E39FAE #AEE39F

tetradic

#9FAEE3 #E39FD0 #E3D49F #9FE3B2

square

#9FAEE3 #E39FD0 #E3D49F #9FE3B2

split-complementary

#9FAEE3 #E3B29F #D0E39F

monochromatic

#405EC7 #7086D5 #9FAEE3 #CED6F1 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9FAEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#9FAEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEE3

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEE3	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DB8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.078 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc6ec',
    500: '#9faee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faee3;
$custom-light: #bdc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.765,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75826,
    "c": 0.07825,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEE3

secondary

#EFEBDC

accent

#9F23C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEE3

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

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