#9CA9DA#9CA9DA

#9CA9DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.072 H 273.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA9DA
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 218)
HSL	hsl(227, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(227, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 22.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 6.46, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 27.04, 283.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0038 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.072 273)
XYZ	xyz(40.5497, 40.5046, 71.9978)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA9DA #DACD9C

analogous

#9CC8DA #9CA9DA #AE9CDA

triadic

#9CA9DA #DA9CA9 #A9DA9C

tetradic

#9CA9DA #DA9CC8 #DACD9C #9CDAAE

square

#9CA9DA #DA9CC8 #DACD9C #9CDAAE

split-complementary

#9CA9DA #DAAE9C #C8DA9C

monochromatic

#445DB7 #6F82C9 #9CA9DA #C9D0EB #E9ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9CA9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#9CA9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA9DA

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA9DA	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CB2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.072 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac2e5',
    500: '#9ca9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca9da;
$custom-light: #bac2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.419,
    "s": 45.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74217,
    "c": 0.07247,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.40506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA9DA

secondary

#EEEADD

accent

#9B2DB9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121215

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA9DA

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

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