#9CA2E8#9CA2E8

#9CA2E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.101 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2E8
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 232)
HSL	hsl(235, 62%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 30.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 13.91, -35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 38.50, 291.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0173 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.101 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1921, 38.7335, 81.6343)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2E8 #E8E29C

analogous

#9CC8E8 #9CA2E8 #BC9CE8

triadic

#9CA2E8 #E89CA2 #A2E89C

tetradic

#9CA2E8 #E89CC8 #E8E29C #9CE8BC

square

#9CA2E8 #E89CC8 #E8E29C #9CE8BC

split-complementary

#9CA2E8 #E8BC9C #C8E89C

monochromatic

#3945D1 #6A73DC #9CA2E8 #CED1F4 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9CA2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#9CA2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2E8

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2E8	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88AFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.101 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdef',
    500: '#9ca2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2e8;
$custom-light: #bbbdef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.263,
    "s": 62.295,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73412,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2E8

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BC1BCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2E8

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

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