#9CA2E9#9CA2E9

#9CA2E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.103 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2E9
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 233)
HSL	hsl(235, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 30.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 14.16, -36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 39.05, 291.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0175 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.103 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3345, 38.7904, 82.3845)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2E9 #E9E39C

analogous

#9CC9E9 #9CA2E9 #BD9CE9

triadic

#9CA2E9 #E99CA2 #A2E99C

tetradic

#9CA2E9 #E99CC9 #E9E39C #9CE9BD

square

#9CA2E9 #E99CC9 #E9E39C #9CE9BD

split-complementary

#9CA2E9 #E9BD9C #C9E99C

monochromatic

#3844D3 #6A73DE #9CA2E9 #CED1F4 #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9CA2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#9CA2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2E9

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2E9	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87AFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.103 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdf0',
    500: '#9ca2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2e9;
$custom-light: #bbbdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.325,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73458,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2E9

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BE1ACB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2E9

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

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