#9CA4E2#9CA4E2

#9CA4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.090 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4E2
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(233, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(233, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 11.25, -32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 34.10, 289.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.013 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.09 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7095, 39.1086, 77.3406)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4E2 #E2DA9C

analogous

#9CC7E2 #9CA4E2 #B79CE2

triadic

#9CA4E2 #E29CA4 #A4E29C

tetradic

#9CA4E2 #E29CC7 #E2DA9C #9CE2B7

square

#9CA4E2 #E29CC7 #E2DA9C #9CE2B7

split-complementary

#9CA4E2 #E2B79C #C7E29C

monochromatic

#3D4DC6 #6D78D4 #9CA4E2 #CBD0F0 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CA4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9CA4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4E2

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4E2	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)

#92ABE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AB0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.090 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbeeb',
    500: '#9ca4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4e2;
$custom-light: #bbbeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.143,
    "s": 54.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73543,
    "c": 0.09016,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4E2

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B023C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4E2

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

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