#9497E5#9497E5

#9497E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.113 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9497E5
RGB	rgb(148, 151, 229)
HSL	hsl(238, 61%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(238, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 17.19, -39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 43.35, 293.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% 0.0224 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.113 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4182, 34.0850, 78.7211)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9497E5 #E5E294

analogous

#94C0E5 #9497E5 #BA94E5

triadic

#9497E5 #E59497 #97E594

tetradic

#9497E5 #E594C0 #E5E294 #94E5BA

square

#9497E5 #E594C0 #E5E294 #94E5BA

split-complementary

#9497E5 #E5BA94 #C0E594

monochromatic

#3238CD #6367D9 #9497E5 #C5C7F1 #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9497E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#9497E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9497E5

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9497E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9497E5	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EA6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9497e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 151, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.113 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b5ed',
    500: '#9497e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9497e5;
$custom-light: #b6b5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9497e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.778,
    "s": 60.902,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70503,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9497E5

secondary

#F0F0DB

accent

#C21DC9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9497E5

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

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