#9CA2DD#9CA2DD

#9CA2DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.086 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2DD
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 221)
HSL	hsl(234, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(234, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 26.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 11.12, -30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 32.51, 290.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0142 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.086 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6783, 38.1279, 73.6615)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2DD #DDD79C

analogous

#9CC3DD #9CA2DD #B79CDD

triadic

#9CA2DD #DD9CA2 #A2DD9C

tetradic

#9CA2DD #DD9CC3 #DDD79C #9CDDB7

square

#9CA2DD #DD9CC3 #DDD79C #9CDDB7

split-complementary

#9CA2DD #DDB79C #C3DD9C

monochromatic

#414DBE #6E77CD #9CA2DD #CACDED #E8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9CA2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#9CA2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2DD

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2DD	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.086 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babde7',
    500: '#9ca2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2dd;
$custom-light: #babde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.462,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72923,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2DD

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#AF29BC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2DD

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

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