Light blue
#9FC4FF
#9FC4FF is a light blue with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.6:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#9FC4FF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #9FC4FF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F2F7FF
- 100 E0ECFF
- 200 C4DBFF
- 300 9FC4FF
- 400 81A4DC
- 500 6688C0
- 600 4D6DA2
- 700 375586
- 800 243F6B
- 900 142A4F
- 950 061734
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-blue-50: #f2f7ff; --color-blue-100: #e0ecff; --color-blue-200: #c4dbff; --color-blue-300: #9fc4ff; --color-blue-400: #81a4dc; --color-blue-500: #6688c0; --color-blue-600: #4d6da2; --color-blue-700: #375586; --color-blue-800: #243f6b; --color-blue-900: #142a4f; --color-blue-950: #061734;}Is #9FC4FF readable?
Contrast for text on #9FC4FF and for #9FC4FF used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 37 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.6APCA Lc 70 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #5677AE · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 33 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.6APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #9FC4FF
Six palettes built around #9FC4FF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#9FC4FF · #9284DF · #24ABE9 · #FCCDFF · #232D38
- Complementary#9FC4FF · #CCAD65 · #DDA80C · #DBEBFF · #272A31
- Split complementary#9FC4FF · #D17C53 · #D0AF00 · #D7E5FF · #212731
- Triadic#9FC4FF · #EB7A80 · #58B52C · #BDD8FF · #1F242A
- Tetradic#9FC4FF · #E17CB1 · #EF9D00 · #B4E7D0 · #2E3339
- Monochromatic#9FC4FF · #5C99EE · #71A0FF · #C4DBFF · #282D34
#9FC4FF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #9FC4FF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F2F7FF
- Brand 100, #E0ECFF
- Brand 200, #C4DBFF
- Brand 300, #9FC4FF
- Brand 400, #81A4DC
- Brand 500, #6688C0
- Brand 600, #4D6DA2
- Brand 700, #375586
- Brand 800, #243F6B
- Brand 900, #142A4F
- Brand 950, #061734
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E3E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D1D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9DA1A8
- Neutral 500, #6F747B
- Neutral 600, #50545C
- Neutral 700, #3C4147
- Neutral 800, #24282E
- Neutral 900, #15181E
- Neutral 950, #070A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #ECA756
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D45154
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F1F8FF
- Info 100, #DEEDFF
- Info 200, #BEDCFF
- Info 300, #90C4FF
- Info 400, #6BA7EA
- Info 500, #4C89CC
- Info 600, #336FB0
- Info 700, #1C5792
- Info 800, #074075
- Info 900, #002B55
- Info 950, #001834
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 11.2:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.2:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #9FC4FF
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