#9CA2DB#9CA2DB

#9CA2DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.083 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2DB
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 219)
HSL	hsl(234, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(234, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 26%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 10.63, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 31.42, 289.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0136 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.083 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4134, 38.0220, 72.2665)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2DB #DBD59C

analogous

#9CC1DB #9CA2DB #B59CDB

triadic

#9CA2DB #DB9CA2 #A2DB9C

tetradic

#9CA2DB #DB9CC1 #DBD59C #9CDBB5

square

#9CA2DB #DB9CC1 #DBD59C #9CDBB5

split-complementary

#9CA2DB #DBB59C #C1DB9C

monochromatic

#434FB9 #6F78CB #9CA2DB #C9CCEB #E9EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9CA2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#9CA2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2DB

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2DB	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CACB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.083 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babde6',
    500: '#9ca2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2db;
$custom-light: #babde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.08286,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2DB

secondary

#EEECDD

accent

#AC2CBA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2DB

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

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