#9FAEE9#9FAEE9

#9FAEE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.087 H 273.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEE9
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(228, 63%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(228, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, 8.27, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 32.32, 284.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0048 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.087 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1380, 43.5247, 83.1505)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEE9 #E9DA9F

analogous

#9FD3E9 #9FAEE9 #B59FE9

triadic

#9FAEE9 #E99FAE #AEE99F

tetradic

#9FAEE9 #E99FD3 #E9DA9F #9FE9B5

square

#9FAEE9 #E99FD3 #E9DA9F #9FE9B5

split-complementary

#9FAEE9 #E9B59F #D3E99F

monochromatic

#3B5AD2 #6D84DE #9FAEE9 #D1D8F4 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9FAEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#9FAEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEE9

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEE9	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.087 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc6f0',
    500: '#9faee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faee9;
$custom-light: #bdc6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.838,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76078,
    "c": 0.08663,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEE9

secondary

#F1ECDA

accent

#A71BCA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEE9

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

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