#9CA2E2#9CA2E2

#9CA2E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.093 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2E2
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 226)
HSL	hsl(235, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(235, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 28.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 12.38, -32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 35.24, 290.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0156 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.093 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3544, 38.3984, 77.2222)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2E2 #E2DC9C

analogous

#9CC5E2 #9CA2E2 #B99CE2

triadic

#9CA2E2 #E29CA2 #A2E29C

tetradic

#9CA2E2 #E29CC5 #E2DC9C #9CE2B9

square

#9CA2E2 #E29CC5 #E2DC9C #9CE2B9

split-complementary

#9CA2E2 #E2B99C #C5E29C

monochromatic

#3D49C6 #6D76D4 #9CA2E2 #CBCEF0 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9CA2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#9CA2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2E2

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2E2	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AAEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.093 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdeb',
    500: '#9ca2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2e2;
$custom-light: #bbbdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.857,
    "s": 54.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73142,
    "c": 0.09284,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2E2

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#B523C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2E2

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

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