#9FB4E2#9FB4E2

#9FB4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.070 H 265.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB4E2
RGB	rgb(159, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(221, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(221, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, 3.21, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 25.62, 277.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0054 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.07 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3429, 45.5029, 78.3833)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB4E2 #E2CD9F

analogous

#9FD5E2 #9FB4E2 #AB9FE2

triadic

#9FB4E2 #E29FB4 #B4E29F

tetradic

#9FB4E2 #E29FD5 #E2CD9F #9FE2AB

square

#9FB4E2 #E29FD5 #E2CD9F #9FE2AB

split-complementary

#9FB4E2 #E2AB9F #D5E29F

monochromatic

#416BC6 #708FD4 #9FB4E2 #CED9F0 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9FB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#9FB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB4E2

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB4E2	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DBDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.070 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccaeb',
    500: '#9fb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb4e2;
$custom-light: #bccaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.194,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77015,
    "c": 0.07018,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB4E2

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#9024C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB4E2

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

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