#9CA1FF#9CA1FF

#9CA1FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.135 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA1FF
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 255)
HSL	hsl(237, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(237, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 36.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 20.54, -47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 51.54, 293.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.024 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.135 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4999, 39.7759, 99.9212)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA1FF #FFFA9C

analogous

#9CD2FF #9CA1FF #C89CFF

triadic

#9CA1FF #FF9CA1 #A1FF9C

tetradic

#9CA1FF #FF9CD2 #FFFA9C #9CFFC8

square

#9CA1FF #FF9CD2 #FFFA9C #9CFFC8

split-complementary

#9CA1FF #FFC89C #D2FF9C

monochromatic

#222DFF #5F67FF #9CA1FF #D9DBFF #E0E2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9CA1FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#9CA1FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA1FF

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA1FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA1FF	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ADFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FB3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca1ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.135 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbcff',
    500: '#9ca1ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca1ff;
$custom-light: #bdbcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca1ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.97,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74321,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA1FF

secondary

#F7F6D4

accent

#DA00E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121218

muted

#818186

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA1FF

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

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