#9FB4E8#9FB4E8

#9FB4E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.078 H 267.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB4E8
RGB	rgb(159, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(223, 61%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(223, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, 4.70, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 28.73, 279.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0034 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.078 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1806, 45.8380, 82.7954)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB4E8 #E8D39F

analogous

#9FD9E8 #9FB4E8 #AF9FE8

triadic

#9FB4E8 #E89FB4 #B4E89F

tetradic

#9FB4E8 #E89FD9 #E8D39F #9FE8AF

square

#9FB4E8 #E89FD9 #E8D39F #9FE8AF

split-complementary

#9FB4E8 #E8AF9F #D9E89F

monochromatic

#3C67D0 #6E8DDC #9FB4E8 #D0DBF4 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#9FB4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#9FB4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB4E8

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB4E8	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ABEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.078 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcaef',
    500: '#9fb4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb4e8;
$custom-light: #bdcaef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.74,
    "s": 61.345,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77258,
    "c": 0.07834,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB4E8

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#971CC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB4E8

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

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