#9CA8EE#9CA8EE

#9CA8EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.102 H 276.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8EE
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(231, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(231, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 12.07, -36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 38.35, 288.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% 0.011 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.102 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1411, 41.2446, 86.5603)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8EE #EEE29C

analogous

#9CD1EE #9CA8EE #B99CEE

triadic

#9CA8EE #EE9CA8 #A8EE9C

tetradic

#9CA8EE #EE9CD1 #EEE29C #9CEEB9

square

#9CA8EE #EE9CD1 #EEE29C #9CEEB9

split-complementary

#9CA8EE #EEB99C #D1EE9C

monochromatic

#344CDC #687AE5 #9CA8EE #D0D6F7 #E5E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#9CA8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#9CA8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8EE

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8EE	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.102 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1f3',
    500: '#9ca8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8ee;
$custom-light: #bbc1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.22,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74878,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8EE

secondary

#F2EED9

accent

#B713D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8EE

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

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