#9CA9DD#9CA9DD

#9CA9DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.077 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9CA9DD
RGBrgb(156, 169, 221)
HSLhsl(228, 49%, 74%)
HSVhsv(228, 29%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(29.4%, 23.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.94, 7.20, -27.74)
CIE-LCHlch(69.94, 28.66, 284.55°)
OKLaboklab(74.34% 0.0047 -0.0766)
OKLCHoklch(74.34% 0.077 273.5)
XYZxyz(40.9458, 40.6630, 74.0840)
Luminance0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9CA9DD #DDD09C
analogous
#9CCADD #9CA9DD #B09CDD
triadic
#9CA9DD #DD9CA9 #A9DD9C
tetradic
#9CA9DD #DD9CCA #DDD09C #9CDDB0
square
#9CA9DD #DD9CCA #DDD09C #9CDDB0
split-complementary
#9CA9DD #DDB09C #CADD9C
monochromatic
#415ABE #6E81CD #9CA9DD #CAD1ED #E8EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#9CA9DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13
#9CA9DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA9DD
9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9CA9DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9CA9DD1.002.309.139.13
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1321.001.001.00
##0000009.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99AEDF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#95A9DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8BB3BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9ca9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.077 273.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac2e7',
    500: '#9ca9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9ca9dd;
$custom-light: #bac2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9ca9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74341,
    "c": 0.0767,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9CA9DD
secondary
#EEEBDD
accent
#9F29BC
background
#FBFBFE
surface
#F6F7FC
border
#D0D0D5
text
#121216
muted
#818184

Preview Lab

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#9CA9DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva