#9CA2EC#9CA2EC

#9CA2EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2EC
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 236)
HSL	hsl(236, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 31.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 14.94, -37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 40.68, 291.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0183 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.107 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7667, 38.9633, 84.6607)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2EC #ECE69C

analogous

#9CCAEC #9CA2EC #BE9CEC

triadic

#9CA2EC #EC9CA2 #A2EC9C

tetradic

#9CA2EC #EC9CCA #ECE69C #9CECBE

square

#9CA2EC #EC9CCA #ECE69C #9CECBE

split-complementary

#9CA2EC #ECBE9C #CAEC9C

monochromatic

#3542D8 #6972E2 #9CA2EC #CFD2F6 #E5E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9CA2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#9CA2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2EC

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2EC	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdf2',
    500: '#9ca2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2ec;
$custom-light: #bbbdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.5,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73596,
    "c": 0.107,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2EC

secondary

#F2F0D9

accent

#C216D0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2EC

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

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