#9FB9EF#9FB9EF

#9FB9EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.083 H 264.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB9EF
RGB	rgb(159, 185, 239)
HSL	hsl(221, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(221, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, 3.71, -29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 29.95, 277.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0078 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.083 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2224, 48.2989, 88.4791)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB9EF #EFD59F

analogous

#9FE1EF #9FB9EF #AD9FEF

triadic

#9FB9EF #EF9FB9 #B9EF9F

tetradic

#9FB9EF #EF9FE1 #EFD59F #9FEFAD

square

#9FB9EF #EF9FE1 #EFD59F #9FEFAD

split-complementary

#9FB9EF #EFAD9F #E1EF9F

monochromatic

#366CDE #6B93E6 #9FB9EF #D3DFF8 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9FB9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#9FB9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB9EF

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB9EF	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BDF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 185, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.083 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcdf4',
    500: '#9fb9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb9ef;
$custom-light: #bdcdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.5,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78573,
    "c": 0.08255,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB9EF

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9512D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB9EF

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

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