#9C9CEE#9C9CEE

#9C9CEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 283.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9CEE
RGB	rgb(156, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(240, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 18.87, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 45.29, 294.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0267 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.118 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0271, 37.0166, 85.8556)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9CEE #EEEE9C

analogous

#9CC5EE #9C9CEE #C59CEE

triadic

#9C9CEE #EE9C9C #9CEE9C

tetradic

#9C9CEE #EE9CC5 #EEEE9C #9CEEC5

square

#9C9CEE #EE9CC5 #EEEE9C #9CEEC5

split-complementary

#9C9CEE #EEC59C #C5EE9C

monochromatic

#3434DC #6868E5 #9C9CEE #D0D0F7 #E5E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9C9CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#9C9CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9CEE

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9CEE	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86ABBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb9f4',
    500: '#9c9cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9cee;
$custom-light: #bbb9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72519,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9CEE

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#D313D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9CEE

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

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