#9FC4FF#9FC4FF

#9FC4FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.093 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC4FF
RGB	rgb(159, 196, 255)
HSL	hsl(217, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(217, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 23.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, 1.82, -32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 32.99, 273.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0168 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.093 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.0824, 54.0682, 102.2803)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC4FF #FFDA9F

analogous

#9FF4FF #9FC4FF #AA9FFF

triadic

#9FC4FF #FF9FC4 #C4FF9F

tetradic

#9FC4FF #FF9FF4 #FFDA9F #9FFFAA

square

#9FC4FF #FF9FF4 #FFDA9F #9FFFAA

split-complementary

#9FC4FF #FFAA9F #F4FF9F

monochromatic

#2579FF #629EFF #9FC4FF #DCEAFF #E0ECFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#9FC4FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#9FC4FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC4FF

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC4FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC4FF	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BEFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80D1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc4ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 196, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.093 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed5ff',
    500: '#9fc4ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc4ff;
$custom-light: #bed5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc4ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.875,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81499,
    "c": 0.09291,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC4FF

secondary

#E3B05F

accent

#8D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC4FF

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

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