#9FC4FB#9FC4FB

#9FC4FB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.088 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC4FB
RGB	rgb(159, 196, 251)
HSL	hsl(216, 92%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(216, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, 0.79, -31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 31.04, 271.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.018 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.088 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4452, 53.8133, 98.9244)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC4FB #FBD69F

analogous

#9FF2FB #9FC4FB #A89FFB

triadic

#9FC4FB #FB9FC4 #C4FB9F

tetradic

#9FC4FB #FB9FF2 #FBD69F #9FFBA8

square

#9FC4FB #FB9FF2 #FBD69F #9FFBA8

split-complementary

#9FC4FB #FBA89F #F2FB9F

monochromatic

#297CF6 #64A0F9 #9FC4FB #DAE8FD #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9FC4FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#9FC4FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC4FB

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC4FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC4FB	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C7FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BEFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81D0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc4fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 196, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.088 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed5fc',
    500: '#9fc4fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc4fb;
$custom-light: #bed5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc4fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.87,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81333,
    "c": 0.08782,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC4FB

secondary

#DDAB61

accent

#8900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC4FB

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

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