#9FAEE4#9FAEE4

#9FAEE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.080 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEE4
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 228)
HSL	hsl(227, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(227, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, 7.02, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 29.65, 283.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.0033 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.08 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4338, 43.2430, 79.4420)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEE4 #E4D59F

analogous

#9FD0E4 #9FAEE4 #B29FE4

triadic

#9FAEE4 #E49FAE #AEE49F

tetradic

#9FAEE4 #E49FD0 #E4D59F #9FE4B2

square

#9FAEE4 #E49FD0 #E4D59F #9FE4B2

split-complementary

#9FAEE4 #E4B29F #D0E49F

monochromatic

#3F5DC9 #6F86D7 #9FAEE4 #CFD6F1 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9FAEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#9FAEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEE4

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEE4	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CB8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.080 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc6ec',
    500: '#9faee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faee4;
$custom-light: #bdc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75867,
    "c": 0.07964,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEE4

secondary

#F0EBDB

accent

#A022C4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEE4

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

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