#9CA6EA#9CA6EA

#9CA6EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.099 H 277.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA6EA
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 234)
HSL	hsl(232, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(232, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 12.16, -35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 37.31, 289.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0125 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.099 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1936, 40.2794, 83.3775)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA6EA #EAE09C

analogous

#9CCDEA #9CA6EA #B99CEA

triadic

#9CA6EA #EA9CA6 #A6EA9C

tetradic

#9CA6EA #EA9CCD #EAE09C #9CEAB9

square

#9CA6EA #EA9CCD #EAE09C #9CEAB9

split-complementary

#9CA6EA #EAB99C #CDEA9C

monochromatic

#374BD5 #6A79DF #9CA6EA #CED3F5 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9CA6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#9CA6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA6EA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA6EA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.099 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc0f1',
    500: '#9ca6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca6ea;
$custom-light: #bbc0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.308,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74298,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA6EA

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B619CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA6EA

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

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