#9FB4E7#9FB4E7

#9FB4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.077 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB4E7
RGB	rgb(159, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(223, 60%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(223, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, 4.45, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 28.21, 279.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0038 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.077 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0390, 45.7813, 82.0494)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB4E7 #E7D29F

analogous

#9FD8E7 #9FB4E7 #AE9FE7

triadic

#9FB4E7 #E79FB4 #B4E79F

tetradic

#9FB4E7 #E79FD8 #E7D29F #9FE7AE

square

#9FB4E7 #E79FD8 #E7D29F #9FE7AE

split-complementary

#9FB4E7 #E7AE9F #D8E79F

monochromatic

#3D68CF #6E8EDB #9FB4E7 #D0DAF3 #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#9FB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#9FB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB4E7

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB4E7	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BBEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.077 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcaee',
    500: '#9fb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb4e7;
$custom-light: #bdcaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.5,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77217,
    "c": 0.07697,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB4E7

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#961EC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB4E7

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

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