#9FAEF0#9FAEF0

#9FAEF0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.096 H 274.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEF0
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 240)
HSL	hsl(229, 73%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(229, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 27.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 10.05, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 36.05, 286.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.0068 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.096 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1578, 43.9326, 88.5217)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEF0 #F0E19F

analogous

#9FD6F0 #9FAEF0 #B89FF0

triadic

#9FAEF0 #F09FAE #AEF09F

tetradic

#9FAEF0 #F09FD6 #F0E19F #9FF0B8

square

#9FAEF0 #F09FD6 #F0E19F #9FF0B8

split-complementary

#9FAEF0 #F0B89F #D6F09F

monochromatic

#3555DF #6A81E8 #9FAEF0 #D4DBF8 #E5E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9FAEF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#9FAEF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEF0

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEF0	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B4F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88BBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faef0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.096 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc6f5',
    500: '#9faef0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faef0;
$custom-light: #bdc6f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faef0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.889,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76381,
    "c": 0.0964,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEF0

secondary

#F3EED8

accent

#B110D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEF0

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

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