#9FAEE8#9FAEE8

#9FAEE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.085 H 273.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEE8
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(228, 61%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(228, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 8.02, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 31.78, 284.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0045 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.085 273)
XYZ	xyz(43.9955, 43.4677, 82.4003)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEE8 #E8D99F

analogous

#9FD3E8 #9FAEE8 #B59FE8

triadic

#9FAEE8 #E89FAE #AEE89F

tetradic

#9FAEE8 #E89FD3 #E8D99F #9FE8B5

square

#9FAEE8 #E89FD3 #E8D99F #9FE8B5

split-complementary

#9FAEE8 #E8B59F #D3E89F

monochromatic

#3C5BD0 #6E84DC #9FAEE8 #D0D8F4 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9FAEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#9FAEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEE8

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEE8	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.085 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc6ef',
    500: '#9faee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faee8;
$custom-light: #bdc6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.671,
    "s": 61.345,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76035,
    "c": 0.08523,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.43469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEE8

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#A61CC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEE8

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

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