#9FAEF2#9FAEF2

#9FAEF2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.099 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEF2
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 242)
HSL	hsl(229, 76%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(229, 34%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 10.57, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 37.12, 286.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0074 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.099 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4565, 44.0521, 90.0950)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEF2 #F2E39F

analogous

#9FD7F2 #9FAEF2 #B99FF2

triadic

#9FAEF2 #F29FAE #AEF29F

tetradic

#9FAEF2 #F29FD7 #F2E39F #9FF2B9

square

#9FAEF2 #F29FD7 #F2E39F #9FF2B9

split-complementary

#9FAEF2 #F2B99F #D7F29F

monochromatic

#3353E3 #6981EB #9FAEF2 #D5DBF9 #E4E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9FAEF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#9FAEF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEF2

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEF2	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B5F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AEF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.099 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc6f6',
    500: '#9faef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faef2;
$custom-light: #bdc6f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.157,
    "s": 76.147,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76469,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEF2

secondary

#F3EED8

accent

#B40DD8

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FE

border

#D0D1D6

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEF2

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

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