#9FAEE5#9FAEE5

#9FAEE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.081 H 272.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEE5
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(227, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(227, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 7.27, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 30.19, 283.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0036 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.081 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5730, 43.2987, 80.1752)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEE5 #E5D69F

analogous

#9FD1E5 #9FAEE5 #B39FE5

triadic

#9FAEE5 #E59FAE #AEE59F

tetradic

#9FAEE5 #E59FD1 #E5D69F #9FE5B3

square

#9FAEE5 #E59FD1 #E5D69F #9FE5B3

split-complementary

#9FAEE5 #E5B39F #D1E59F

monochromatic

#3F5DCB #6F85D8 #9FAEE5 #CFD7F2 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9FAEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#9FAEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEE5

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEE5	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CB9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.081 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc6ed',
    500: '#9faee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faee5;
$custom-light: #bdc6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75909,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEE5

secondary

#F0EBDB

accent

#A221C5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEE5

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

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