#9FB4E5#9FB4E5

#9FB4E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.074 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB4E5
RGB	rgb(159, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(222, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(222, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, 3.95, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 27.17, 278.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0044 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.074 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7582, 45.6690, 80.5703)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB4E5 #E5D09F

analogous

#9FD7E5 #9FB4E5 #AD9FE5

triadic

#9FB4E5 #E59FB4 #B4E59F

tetradic

#9FB4E5 #E59FD7 #E5D09F #9FE5AD

square

#9FB4E5 #E59FD7 #E5D09F #9FE5AD

split-complementary

#9FB4E5 #E5AD9F #D7E59F

monochromatic

#3F69CB #6F8ED8 #9FB4E5 #CFDAF2 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#9FB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#9FB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB4E5

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB4E5	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BBEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.074 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcaed',
    500: '#9fb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb4e5;
$custom-light: #bdcaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77136,
    "c": 0.07425,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB4E5

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#9421C5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB4E5

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

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