#9CA3FA#9CA3FA

#9CA3FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.125 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA3FA
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 250)
HSL	hsl(236, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(236, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 34.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 18.06, -44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 47.67, 292.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0204 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.125 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0578, 40.1627, 95.8547)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA3FA #FAF39C

analogous

#9CD2FA #9CA3FA #C49CFA

triadic

#9CA3FA #FA9CA3 #A3FA9C

tetradic

#9CA3FA #FA9CD2 #FAF39C #9CFAC4

square

#9CA3FA #FA9CD2 #FAF39C #9CFAC4

split-complementary

#9CA3FA #FAC49C #D2FA9C

monochromatic

#2737F4 #626DF7 #9CA3FA #D6D9FD #E2E4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9CA3FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#9CA3FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA3FA

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA3FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA3FA	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86AEFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A7F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81B4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca3fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.125 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbefc',
    500: '#9ca3fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca3fa;
$custom-light: #bcbefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca3fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.532,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74459,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA3FA

secondary

#F6F3D5

accent

#D400E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA3FA

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

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