#9FAEF8#9FAEF8

#9FAEF8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.108 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAEF8
RGB	rgb(159, 174, 248)
HSL	hsl(230, 86%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(230, 36%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, 12.12, -38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 40.32, 287.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% 0.009 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.108 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3725, 44.4185, 94.9190)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAEF8 #F8E99F

analogous

#9FDAF8 #9FAEF8 #BD9FF8

triadic

#9FAEF8 #F89FAE #AEF89F

tetradic

#9FAEF8 #F89FDA #F8E99F #9FF8BD

square

#9FAEF8 #F89FDA #F8E99F #9FF8BD

split-complementary

#9FAEF8 #F8BD9F #DAF89F

monochromatic

#2D4EF0 #667EF4 #9FAEF8 #D8DEFC #E2E7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9FAEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#9FAEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAEF8

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAEF8	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B6FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AFF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85BCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 174, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.108 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec6fb',
    500: '#9faef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faef8;
$custom-light: #bec6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.888,
    "s": 86.408,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76739,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAEF8

secondary

#F5F0D6

accent

#BD03E3

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAEF8

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

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