#9490CD#9490CD

#9490CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.089 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9490CD
RGB	rgb(148, 144, 205)
HSL	hsl(244, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(244, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 29.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, 15.02, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 34.31, 295.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% 0.0258 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.089 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2026, 30.6495, 61.9124)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9490CD #C9CD90

analogous

#90AACD #9490CD #B290CD

triadic

#9490CD #CD9490 #90CD94

tetradic

#9490CD #CD90AA #C9CD90 #90CDB2

square

#9490CD #CD90AA #C9CD90 #90CDB2

split-complementary

#9490CD #CDB290 #AACD90

monochromatic

#4C469C #6B66BA #9490CD #BDBAE0 #E5E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#9490CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#9490CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9490CD

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9490CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9490CD	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879BA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9490cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 144, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.089 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b0dc',
    500: '#9490cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9490cd;
$custom-light: #b4b0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9490cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.934,
    "s": 37.888,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67994,
    "c": 0.08926,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9490CD

secondary

#E4E6D3

accent

#B135A9

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9490CD

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

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