#9CA4E1#9CA4E1

#9CA4E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.089 H 278.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4E1
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(233, 53%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(233, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 11.00, -31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 33.56, 289.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0127 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.089 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5726, 39.0538, 76.6200)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4E1 #E1D99C

analogous

#9CC7E1 #9CA4E1 #B69CE1

triadic

#9CA4E1 #E19CA4 #A4E19C

tetradic

#9CA4E1 #E19CC7 #E1D99C #9CE1B6

square

#9CA4E1 #E19CC7 #E1D99C #9CE1B6

split-complementary

#9CA4E1 #E1B69C #C7E19C

monochromatic

#3E4EC5 #6D79D3 #9CA4E1 #CBCFEF #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CA4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#9CA4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4E1

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4E1	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AAFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.089 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbeea',
    500: '#9ca4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4e1;
$custom-light: #bbbeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.043,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73499,
    "c": 0.08874,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4E1

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#AF25C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4E1

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

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