#9CA2ED#9CA2ED

#9CA2ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2ED
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 237)
HSL	hsl(236, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 31.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 15.20, -38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 41.22, 291.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% 0.0186 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.108 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9124, 39.0216, 85.4280)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2ED #EDE79C

analogous

#9CCAED #9CA2ED #BF9CED

triadic

#9CA2ED #ED9CA2 #A2ED9C

tetradic

#9CA2ED #ED9CCA #EDE79C #9CEDBF

square

#9CA2ED #ED9CCA #EDE79C #9CEDBF

split-complementary

#9CA2ED #EDBF9C #CAED9C

monochromatic

#3441DA #6871E4 #9CA2ED #D0D3F6 #E5E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9CA2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#9CA2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2ED

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2ED	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdf3',
    500: '#9ca2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2ed;
$custom-light: #bbbdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73643,
    "c": 0.1084,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2ED

secondary

#F2F0D9

accent

#C314D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2ED

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

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