#9FAEF3#9FAEF3

#9FAEF3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.101 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEF3
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 243)
HSL	hsl(229, 78%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(229, 35%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, 10.82, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 37.65, 286.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% 0.0077 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.101 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6071, 44.1124, 90.8882)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEF3 #F3E49F

analogous

#9FD8F3 #9FAEF3 #BA9FF3

triadic

#9FAEF3 #F39FAE #AEF39F

tetradic

#9FAEF3 #F39FD8 #F3E49F #9FF3BA

square

#9FAEF3 #F39FD8 #F3E49F #9FF3BA

split-complementary

#9FAEF3 #F3BA9F #D8F39F

monochromatic

#3252E5 #6980EC #9FAEF3 #D5DCFA #E4E8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9FAEF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#9FAEF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEF3

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEF3	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B5F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AEF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faef3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.101 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc6f7',
    500: '#9faef3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faef3;
$custom-light: #bdc6f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faef3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.286,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76514,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEF3

secondary

#F3EED8

accent

#B50BDA

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FE

border

#D0D1D6

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEF3

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

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