#9FAEE7#9FAEE7

#9FAEE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.084 H 272.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEE7
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 231)
HSL	hsl(228, 60%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(228, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 7.77, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 31.25, 284.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.0042 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.084 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8539, 43.4111, 81.6544)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEE7 #E7D89F

analogous

#9FD2E7 #9FAEE7 #B49FE7

triadic

#9FAEE7 #E79FAE #AEE79F

tetradic

#9FAEE7 #E79FD2 #E7D89F #9FE7B4

square

#9FAEE7 #E79FD2 #E7D89F #9FE7B4

split-complementary

#9FAEE7 #E7B49F #D2E79F

monochromatic

#3D5BCF #6E85DB #9FAEE7 #D0D7F3 #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9FAEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#9FAEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEE7

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEE7	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.084 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc6ee',
    500: '#9faee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faee7;
$custom-light: #bdc6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.5,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75993,
    "c": 0.08383,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEE7

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#A41EC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEE7

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

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