#9CA2DF#9CA2DF

#9CA2DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.089 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2DF
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 223)
HSL	hsl(235, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(235, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 27.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 11.62, -31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 33.60, 290.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0148 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.089 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9463, 38.2351, 75.0732)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2DF #DFD99C

analogous

#9CC4DF #9CA2DF #B89CDF

triadic

#9CA2DF #DF9CA2 #A2DF9C

tetradic

#9CA2DF #DF9CC4 #DFD99C #9CDFB8

square

#9CA2DF #DF9CC4 #DFD99C #9CDFB8

split-complementary

#9CA2DF #DFB89C #C4DF9C

monochromatic

#404BC1 #6E77D0 #9CA2DF #CACDEE #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9CA2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#9CA2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2DF

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2DF	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.089 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babde9',
    500: '#9ca2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2df;
$custom-light: #babde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.627,
    "s": 51.145,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7301,
    "c": 0.08857,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2DF

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B127BF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2DF

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

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