#9499E4#9499E4

#9499E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.109 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9499E4
RGB	rgb(148, 153, 228)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(236, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 15.77, -38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 41.62, 292.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0195 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.109 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6036, 34.6785, 78.0961)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9499E4 #E4DF94

analogous

#94C1E4 #9499E4 #B794E4

triadic

#9499E4 #E49499 #99E494

tetradic

#9499E4 #E494C1 #E4DF94 #94E4B7

square

#9499E4 #E494C1 #E4DF94 #94E4B7

split-complementary

#9499E4 #E4B794 #C1E494

monochromatic

#333DCA #636AD8 #9499E4 #C5C8F0 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#9499E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#9499E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9499E4

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9499E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9499E4	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EA7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9499e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 153, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.109 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b6ed',
    500: '#9499e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9499e4;
$custom-light: #b6b6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9499e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 59.701,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70848,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9499E4

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#BD1EC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9499E4

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

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