#9B9CD5#9B9CD5

#9B9CD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.083 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9CD5
RGB	rgb(155, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(239, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(239, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 12.24, -29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 31.60, 292.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0191 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.083 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4132, 35.5487, 67.8283)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9CD5 #D5D49B

analogous

#9BB9D5 #9B9CD5 #B79BD5

triadic

#9B9CD5 #D59B9C #9CD59B

tetradic

#9B9CD5 #D59BB9 #D5D49B #9BD5B7

square

#9B9CD5 #D59BB9 #D5D49B #9BD5B7

split-complementary

#9B9CD5 #D5B79B #B9D59B

monochromatic

#494AAD #7071C3 #9B9CD5 #C6C7E7 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#9B9CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#9B9CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9CD5

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9CD5	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.083 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b9e2',
    500: '#9b9cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9cd5;
$custom-light: #b9b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.966,
    "s": 40.845,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71297,
    "c": 0.08271,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9CD5

secondary

#EDEDDE

accent

#B232B4

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9CD5

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

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