#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
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 221)
HSL	hsl(228, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(228, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 23.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 7.20, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 28.66, 284.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.0047 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.077 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9458, 40.6630, 74.0840)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##9CA9DD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #9CA9DD

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

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