#9C9BED#9C9BED

#9C9BED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9BED
RGB	rgb(156, 155, 237)
HSL	hsl(241, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(241, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, 19.18, -41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 45.34, 295.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0278 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.118 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7135, 36.6238, 85.0283)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9BED #ECED9B

analogous

#9BC3ED #9C9BED #C59BED

triadic

#9C9BED #ED9C9B #9BED9C

tetradic

#9C9BED #ED9BC3 #ECED9B #9BEDC5

square

#9C9BED #ED9BC3 #ECED9B #9BEDC5

split-complementary

#9C9BED #EDC59B #C3ED9B

monochromatic

#3533DA #6967E4 #9C9BED #CFCFF6 #E5E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9C9BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#9C9BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9BED

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9BED	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87AAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 155, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb8f3',
    500: '#9c9bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9bed;
$custom-light: #bbb8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.732,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72278,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9BED

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#D114CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9BED

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

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