#9CA5FF#9CA5FF

#9CA5FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.130 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA5FF
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 255)
HSL	hsl(235, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(235, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 35.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 18.26, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 49.21, 291.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.019 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.13 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2102, 41.1963, 100.1579)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA5FF #FFF69C

analogous

#9CD7FF #9CA5FF #C49CFF

triadic

#9CA5FF #FF9CA5 #A5FF9C

tetradic

#9CA5FF #FF9CD7 #FFF69C #9CFFC4

square

#9CA5FF #FF9CD7 #FFF69C #9CFFC4

split-complementary

#9CA5FF #FFC49C #D7FF9C

monochromatic

#2236FF #5F6DFF #9CA5FF #D9DDFF #E0E3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#9CA5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#9CA5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA5FF

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA5FF	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87B0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A8FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EB7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.130 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbfff',
    500: '#9ca5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca5ff;
$custom-light: #bcbfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75092,
    "c": 0.12954,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA5FF

secondary

#F7F4D4

accent

#D100E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121218

muted

#818186

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA5FF

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

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