#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
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 228)
HSL	hsl(233, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(233, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 11.19, -32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 34.62, 288.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0122 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.092 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1652, 39.5783, 78.8542)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##9CA5E4	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

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.

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