#9CA5EA#9CA5EA

#9CA5EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 277.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA5EA
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(233, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(233, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 12.73, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 37.87, 289.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0138 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.1 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0126, 39.9173, 83.3172)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA5EA #EAE19C

analogous

#9CCCEA #9CA5EA #BA9CEA

triadic

#9CA5EA #EA9CA5 #A5EA9C

tetradic

#9CA5EA #EA9CCC #EAE19C #9CEABA

square

#9CA5EA #EA9CCC #EAE19C #9CEABA

split-complementary

#9CA5EA #EABA9C #CCEA9C

monochromatic

#3749D5 #6A77DF #9CA5EA #CED3F5 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9CA5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#9CA5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA5EA

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA5EA	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87B2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbff1',
    500: '#9ca5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca5ea;
$custom-light: #bbbff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.077,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74099,
    "c": 0.10017,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA5EA

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B819CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA5EA

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

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