#9AA4E1#9AA4E1

#9AA4E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.089 H 276.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AA4E1
RGB	rgb(154, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(232, 54%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(232, 32%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 10.43, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 33.59, 288.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0105 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.089 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1887, 38.8559, 76.6020)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AA4E1 #E1D79A

analogous

#9AC8E1 #9AA4E1 #B49AE1

triadic

#9AA4E1 #E19AA4 #A4E19A

tetradic

#9AA4E1 #E19AC8 #E1D79A #9AE1B4

square

#9AA4E1 #E19AC8 #E1D79A #9AE1B4

split-complementary

#9AA4E1 #E1B49A #C8E19A

monochromatic

#3C4FC5 #6B79D3 #9AA4E1 #C9CFEF #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9AA4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#9AA4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AA4E1

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AA4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AA4E1	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87AFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9aa4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.089 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9beea',
    500: '#9aa4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9aa4e1;
$custom-light: #b9beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9aa4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.549,
    "s": 54.198,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73352,
    "c": 0.08915,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AA4E1

secondary

#EFECDC

accent

#AB24C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AA4E1

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

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