#9CA4E4#9CA4E4

#9CA4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.093 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4E4
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(233, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(233, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 11.76, -33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 35.19, 289.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0135 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.093 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9855, 39.2190, 78.7943)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4E4 #E4DC9C

analogous

#9CC8E4 #9CA4E4 #B89CE4

triadic

#9CA4E4 #E49CA4 #A4E49C

tetradic

#9CA4E4 #E49CC8 #E4DC9C #9CE4B8

square

#9CA4E4 #E49CC8 #E4DC9C #9CE4B8

split-complementary

#9CA4E4 #E4B89C #C8E49C

monochromatic

#3C4CCA #6C78D7 #9CA4E4 #CCD0F1 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9CA4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#9CA4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4E4

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4E4	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89B0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.093 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbeec',
    500: '#9ca4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4e4;
$custom-light: #bbbeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73631,
    "c": 0.093,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4E4

secondary

#F0EDDB

accent

#B221C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4E4

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

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