#9CA1EA#9CA1EA

#9CA1EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.106 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA1EA
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 234)
HSL	hsl(236, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(236, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 31.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 14.99, -37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 40.17, 291.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0191 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.106 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3023, 38.4968, 83.0804)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA1EA #EAE59C

analogous

#9CC8EA #9CA1EA #BE9CEA

triadic

#9CA1EA #EA9CA1 #A1EA9C

tetradic

#9CA1EA #EA9CC8 #EAE59C #9CEABE

square

#9CA1EA #EA9CC8 #EAE59C #9CEABE

split-complementary

#9CA1EA #EABE9C #C8EA9C

monochromatic

#3741D5 #6A71DF #9CA1EA #CED1F5 #E6E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9CA1EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#9CA1EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA1EA

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA1EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA1EA	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87AFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.106 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbcf1',
    500: '#9ca1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca1ea;
$custom-light: #bbbcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.154,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73306,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA1EA

secondary

#F1F0DA

accent

#C119CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA1EA

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

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