#9CA2EF#9CA2EF

#9CA2EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2EF
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 239)
HSL	hsl(236, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 32.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 15.72, -39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 42.30, 291.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0191 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.111 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2062, 39.1391, 86.9754)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2EF #EFE99C

analogous

#9CCBEF #9CA2EF #C09CEF

triadic

#9CA2EF #EF9CA2 #A2EF9C

tetradic

#9CA2EF #EF9CCB #EFE99C #9CEFC0

square

#9CA2EF #EF9CCB #EFE99C #9CEFC0

split-complementary

#9CA2EF #EFC09C #CBEF9C

monochromatic

#333FDE #6771E6 #9CA2EF #D1D3F8 #E5E6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CA2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9CA2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2EF

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2EF	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85B1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdf4',
    500: '#9ca2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2ef;
$custom-light: #bbbdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.663,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73736,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2EF

secondary

#F2F1D9

accent

#C611D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2EF

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

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