#9CA8DA#9CA8DA

#9CA8DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.074 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8DA
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(228, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(228, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 7.01, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 27.57, 284.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0051 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.074 274)
XYZ	xyz(40.3644, 40.1339, 71.9360)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8DA #DACE9C

analogous

#9CC7DA #9CA8DA #AF9CDA

triadic

#9CA8DA #DA9CA8 #A8DA9C

tetradic

#9CA8DA #DA9CC7 #DACE9C #9CDAAF

square

#9CA8DA #DA9CC7 #DACE9C #9CDAAF

split-complementary

#9CA8DA #DAAF9C #C7DA9C

monochromatic

#445BB7 #6F81C9 #9CA8DA #C9CFEB #E9EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9CA8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#9CA8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8DA

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8DA	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CB1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.074 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1e5',
    500: '#9ca8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8da;
$custom-light: #bac1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.387,
    "s": 45.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74012,
    "c": 0.07369,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.40135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8DA

secondary

#EEEADD

accent

#9E2DB9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121215

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8DA

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

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