#9CA4EA#9CA4EA

#9CA4EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4EA
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 234)
HSL	hsl(234, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(234, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 29.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 13.29, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 38.44, 290.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0152 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.101 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8329, 39.5579, 83.2573)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4EA #EAE29C

analogous

#9CCBEA #9CA4EA #BB9CEA

triadic

#9CA4EA #EA9CA4 #A4EA9C

tetradic

#9CA4EA #EA9CCB #EAE29C #9CEABB

square

#9CA4EA #EA9CCB #EAE29C #9CEABB

split-complementary

#9CA4EA #EABB9C #CBEA9C

monochromatic

#3747D5 #6A76DF #9CA4EA #CED2F5 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CA4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9CA4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4EA

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4EA	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FACED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87B1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbef1',
    500: '#9ca4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4ea;
$custom-light: #bbbef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.846,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.739,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4EA

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BA19CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4EA

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

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