#9CA4E7#9CA4E7

#9CA4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.097 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4E7
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 231)
HSL	hsl(234, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(234, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 29%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 12.52, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 36.81, 289.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0143 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.097 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4056, 39.3870, 81.0067)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4E7 #E7DF9C

analogous

#9CC9E7 #9CA4E7 #B99CE7

triadic

#9CA4E7 #E79CA4 #A4E79C

tetradic

#9CA4E7 #E79CC9 #E7DF9C #9CE7B9

square

#9CA4E7 #E79CC9 #E7DF9C #9CE7B9

split-complementary

#9CA4E7 #E7B99C #C9E79C

monochromatic

#3949CF #6B77DB #9CA4E7 #CDD1F3 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9CA4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9CA4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4E7

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4E7	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ABEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88B1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.097 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbeef',
    500: '#9ca4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4e7;
$custom-light: #bbbeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.6,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73765,
    "c": 0.09725,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4E7

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B61DC9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4E7

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

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