#9AA9CE#9AA9CE

#9AA9CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.056 H 267.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AA9CE
RGB	rgb(154, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(223, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(223, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 2.95, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 20.76, 278.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0023 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.056 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6520, 39.7011, 64.0072)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AA9CE #CEBF9A

analogous

#9AC3CE #9AA9CE #A59ACE

triadic

#9AA9CE #CE9AA9 #A9CE9A

tetradic

#9AA9CE #CE9AC3 #CEBF9A #9ACEA5

square

#9AA9CE #CE9AC3 #CEBF9A #9ACEA5

split-complementary

#9AA9CE #CEA59A #C3CE9A

monochromatic

#4E65A0 #7186BA #9AA9CE #C3CCE2 #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9AA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#9AA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AA9CE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AA9CE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DB0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9aa9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.056 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c2dd',
    500: '#9aa9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9aa9ce;
$custom-light: #b8c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9aa9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.692,
    "s": 34.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73593,
    "c": 0.05634,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AA9CE

secondary

#E9E5DB

accent

#8C38AE

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AA9CE

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

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