#9FAEE6#9FAEE6

#9FAEE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.082 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEE6
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(227, 59%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(227, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 7.52, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 30.72, 284.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% 0.0039 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.082 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7131, 43.3547, 80.9127)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEE6 #E6D79F

analogous

#9FD2E6 #9FAEE6 #B49FE6

triadic

#9FAEE6 #E69FAE #AEE69F

tetradic

#9FAEE6 #E69FD2 #E6D79F #9FE6B4

square

#9FAEE6 #E69FD2 #E6D79F #9FE6B4

split-complementary

#9FAEE6 #E6B49F #D2E69F

monochromatic

#3E5CCD #6E85D9 #9FAEE6 #D0D7F3 #E7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9FAEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#9FAEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEE6

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEE6	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CB9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.082 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc6ee',
    500: '#9faee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faee6;
$custom-light: #bdc6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.324,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75951,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEE6

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#A31FC6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEE6

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

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