#9C9EC2#9C9EC2

#9C9EC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.052 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9EC2
RGB	rgb(156, 158, 194)
HSL	hsl(237, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(237, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 6.91, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 19.96, 290.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0113 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.052 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6725, 35.4161, 55.9851)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9EC2 #C2C09C

analogous

#9CB1C2 #9C9EC2 #AD9CC2

triadic

#9C9EC2 #C29C9E #9EC29C

tetradic

#9C9EC2 #C29CB1 #C2C09C #9CC2AD

square

#9C9EC2 #C29CB1 #C2C09C #9CC2AD

split-complementary

#9C9EC2 #C2AD9C #B1C29C

monochromatic

#575A8D #7679AB #9C9EC2 #C2C3D9 #E8E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9C9EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#9C9EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9EC2

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9EC2	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A2C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 158, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.052 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bad4',
    500: '#9c9ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9ec2;
$custom-light: #b9bad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 23.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71005,
    "c": 0.05234,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9EC2

secondary

#E3E2D7

accent

#9D43A2

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9EC2

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

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