#9CA4E8#9CA4E8

#9CA4E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.099 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4E8
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(234, 62%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(234, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 12.78, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 37.36, 290.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0146 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.099 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5472, 39.4437, 81.7526)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4E8 #E8E09C

analogous

#9CCAE8 #9CA4E8 #BA9CE8

triadic

#9CA4E8 #E89CA4 #A4E89C

tetradic

#9CA4E8 #E89CCA #E8E09C #9CE8BA

square

#9CA4E8 #E89CCA #E8E09C #9CE8BA

split-complementary

#9CA4E8 #E8BA9C #CAE89C

monochromatic

#3949D1 #6A76DC #9CA4E8 #CED2F4 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CA4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9CA4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4E8

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4E8	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FACEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88B1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.099 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbeef',
    500: '#9ca4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4e8;
$custom-light: #bbbeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.684,
    "s": 62.295,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73809,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4E8

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B81BCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4E8

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

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