#9CA8EA#9CA8EA

#9CA8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.096 H 275.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8EA
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(231, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(231, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, 11.04, -34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 36.20, 287.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.0099 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.096 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5600, 41.0122, 83.4997)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8EA #EADE9C

analogous

#9CCFEA #9CA8EA #B79CEA

triadic

#9CA8EA #EA9CA8 #A8EA9C

tetradic

#9CA8EA #EA9CCF #EADE9C #9CEAB7

square

#9CA8EA #EA9CCF #EADE9C #9CEAB7

split-complementary

#9CA8EA #EAB79C #CFEA9C

monochromatic

#374FD5 #6A7CDF #9CA8EA #CED4F5 #E6E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9CA8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#9CA8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8EA

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8EA	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.096 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1f1',
    500: '#9ca8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8ea;
$custom-light: #bbc1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74698,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8EA

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B119CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8EA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →