#9CA5E4#9CA5E4

#9CA5E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.092 H 277.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9CA5E4
RGBrgb(156, 165, 228)
HSLhsl(233, 57%, 75%)
HSVhsv(233, 32%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(31.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(69.17, 11.19, -32.76)
CIE-LCHlch(69.17, 34.62, 288.86°)
OKLaboklab(73.83% 0.0122 -0.0909)
OKLCHoklch(73.83% 0.092 277.6)
XYZxyz(41.1652, 39.5783, 78.8542)
Luminance0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9CA5E4 #E4DB9C
analogous
#9CC9E4 #9CA5E4 #B79CE4
triadic
#9CA5E4 #E49CA5 #A5E49C
tetradic
#9CA5E4 #E49CC9 #E4DB9C #9CE4B7
square
#9CA5E4 #E49CC9 #E4DB9C #9CE4B7
split-complementary
#9CA5E4 #E4B79C #C9E49C
monochromatic
#3C4ECA #6C79D7 #9CA5E4 #CCD1F1 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#9CA5E4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92
#9CA5E4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA5E4
8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9CA5E4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9CA5E41.002.368.928.92
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9221.001.001.00
##0000008.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92ACE7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EA6E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#89B1BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9ca5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.092 277.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbfec',
    500: '#9ca5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9ca5e4;
$custom-light: #bbbfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9ca5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73831,
    "c": 0.09168,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9CA5E4
secondary
#F0EDDB
accent
#B021C5
background
#FBFBFE
surface
#F6F7FD
border
#D0D0D5
text
#121216
muted
#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA5E4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#9CA5E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva