#9CA2EE#9CA2EE

#9CA2EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2EE
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 238)
HSL	hsl(236, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 31.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 15.46, -38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 41.76, 291.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0188 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.11 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0589, 39.0802, 86.1995)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2EE #EEE89C

analogous

#9CCBEE #9CA2EE #BF9CEE

triadic

#9CA2EE #EE9CA2 #A2EE9C

tetradic

#9CA2EE #EE9CCB #EEE89C #9CEEBF

square

#9CA2EE #EE9CCB #EEE89C #9CEEBF

split-complementary

#9CA2EE #EEBF9C #CBEE9C

monochromatic

#3440DC #6871E5 #9CA2EE #D0D3F7 #E5E6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CA2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9CA2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2EE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2EE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdf4',
    500: '#9ca2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2ee;
$custom-light: #bbbdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.61,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73689,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2EE

secondary

#F2F0D9

accent

#C513D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2EE

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

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