#9CA5E2#9CA5E2

#9CA5E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.089 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA5E2
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 226)
HSL	hsl(232, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(232, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 10.69, -31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 33.54, 288.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0116 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.089 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8891, 39.4679, 77.4005)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA5E2 #E2D99C

analogous

#9CC8E2 #9CA5E2 #B69CE2

triadic

#9CA5E2 #E29CA5 #A5E29C

tetradic

#9CA5E2 #E29CC8 #E2D99C #9CE2B6

square

#9CA5E2 #E29CC8 #E2D99C #9CE2B6

split-complementary

#9CA5E2 #E2B69C #C8E29C

monochromatic

#3D4FC6 #6D7AD4 #9CA5E2 #CBD0F0 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CA5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9CA5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA5E2

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA5E2	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)

#93ABE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AB0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.089 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbfeb',
    500: '#9ca5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca5e2;
$custom-light: #bbbfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.286,
    "s": 54.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73744,
    "c": 0.08885,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA5E2

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#AE23C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA5E2

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

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