#9B9CED#9B9CED

#9B9CED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9CED
RGB	rgb(155, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(239, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(239, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 18.34, -40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 44.74, 294.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0254 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.117 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6879, 36.8586, 85.0750)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9CED #EDEC9B

analogous

#9BC5ED #9B9CED #C39BED

triadic

#9B9CED #ED9B9C #9CED9B

tetradic

#9B9CED #ED9BC5 #EDEC9B #9BEDC3

square

#9B9CED #ED9BC5 #EDEC9B #9BEDC3

split-complementary

#9B9CED #EDC39B #C5ED9B

monochromatic

#3335DA #6769E4 #9B9CED #CFCFF6 #E5E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9B9CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#9B9CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9CED

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9CED	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85ABBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb9f3',
    500: '#9b9ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9ced;
$custom-light: #bbb9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.268,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72395,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9CED

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#CF14D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9CED

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

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