#9CA2E4#9CA2E4

#9CA2E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.096 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2E4
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 228)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(235, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 12.89, -33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 36.32, 290.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0162 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.096 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6304, 38.5088, 78.6759)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2E4 #E4DE9C

analogous

#9CC6E4 #9CA2E4 #BA9CE4

triadic

#9CA2E4 #E49CA2 #A2E49C

tetradic

#9CA2E4 #E49CC6 #E4DE9C #9CE4BA

square

#9CA2E4 #E49CC6 #E4DE9C #9CE4BA

split-complementary

#9CA2E4 #E4BA9C #C6E49C

monochromatic

#3C48CA #6C75D7 #9CA2E4 #CCCFF1 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9CA2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#9CA2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2E4

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2E4	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89AEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.096 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdec',
    500: '#9ca2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2e4;
$custom-light: #bbbdec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73232,
    "c": 0.09568,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2E4

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B721C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2E4

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

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