#9CA4E9#9CA4E9

#9CA4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.100 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4E9
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(234, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(234, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 13.03, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 37.90, 290.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0149 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.1 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6896, 39.5006, 82.5028)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4E9 #E9E19C

analogous

#9CCBE9 #9CA4E9 #BB9CE9

triadic

#9CA4E9 #E99CA4 #A4E99C

tetradic

#9CA4E9 #E99CCB #E9E19C #9CE9BB

square

#9CA4E9 #E99CCB #E9E19C #9CE9BB

split-complementary

#9CA4E9 #E9BB9C #CBE99C

monochromatic

#3848D3 #6A76DE #9CA4E9 #CED2F4 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CA4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#9CA4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4E9

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4E9	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FACEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87B1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.100 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbef0',
    500: '#9ca4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4e9;
$custom-light: #bbbef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.766,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73855,
    "c": 0.10008,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4E9

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B91ACB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4E9

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

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