#9CA5FA#9CA5FA

#9CA5FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.123 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA5FA
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 250)
HSL	hsl(234, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(234, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 34%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 16.92, -43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 46.52, 291.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0179 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.123 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4158, 40.8785, 95.9740)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA5FA #FAF19C

analogous

#9CD4FA #9CA5FA #C29CFA

triadic

#9CA5FA #FA9CA5 #A5FA9C

tetradic

#9CA5FA #FA9CD4 #FAF19C #9CFAC2

square

#9CA5FA #FA9CD4 #FAF19C #9CFAC2

split-complementary

#9CA5FA #FAC29C #D4FA9C

monochromatic

#273BF4 #6270F7 #9CA5FA #D6DAFD #E2E5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9CA5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#9CA5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA5FA

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA5FA	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AFFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A8F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.123 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbffc',
    500: '#9ca5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca5fa;
$custom-light: #bcbffc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.255,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74848,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA5FA

secondary

#F6F3D5

accent

#D000E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA5FA

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

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