#9CA7E5#9CA7E5

#9CA7E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.090 H 276.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA7E5
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 229)
HSL	hsl(231, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(231, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 27.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 10.32, -32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 34.05, 287.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0098 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.091 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6679, 40.3611, 79.7086)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA7E5 #E5DA9C

analogous

#9CCBE5 #9CA7E5 #B59CE5

triadic

#9CA7E5 #E59CA7 #A7E59C

tetradic

#9CA7E5 #E59CCB #E5DA9C #9CE5B5

square

#9CA7E5 #E59CCB #E5DA9C #9CE5B5

split-complementary

#9CA7E5 #E5B59C #CBE59C

monochromatic

#3B51CC #6C7CD8 #9CA7E5 #CCD2F2 #E7E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9CA7E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#9CA7E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA7E5

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA7E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA7E5	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca7e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.090 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1ed',
    500: '#9ca7e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca7e5;
$custom-light: #bbc1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca7e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.959,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74277,
    "c": 0.0905,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA7E5

secondary

#F0EDDB

accent

#AD1FC6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA7E5

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

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