#9FB4E4#9FB4E4

#9FB4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.073 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB4E4
RGB	rgb(159, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(222, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(222, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, 3.71, -26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 26.65, 278.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0047 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.073 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6189, 45.6133, 79.8371)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB4E4 #E4CF9F

analogous

#9FD6E4 #9FB4E4 #AC9FE4

triadic

#9FB4E4 #E49FB4 #B4E49F

tetradic

#9FB4E4 #E49FD6 #E4CF9F #9FE4AC

square

#9FB4E4 #E49FD6 #E4CF9F #9FE4AC

split-complementary

#9FB4E4 #E4AC9F #D6E49F

monochromatic

#3F69C9 #6F8FD7 #9FB4E4 #CFD9F1 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#9FB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#9FB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB4E4

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB4E4	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CBEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.073 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcaec',
    500: '#9fb4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb4e4;
$custom-light: #bdcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.739,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77096,
    "c": 0.07289,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB4E4

secondary

#F0E9DB

accent

#9222C4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB4E4

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

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