#9CA9E5#9CA9E5

#9CA9E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.088 H 274.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA9E5
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 229)
HSL	hsl(229, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(229, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 26.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 9.20, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 32.96, 286.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0071 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.088 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0372, 41.0996, 79.8317)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA9E5 #E5D89C

analogous

#9CCDE5 #9CA9E5 #B39CE5

triadic

#9CA9E5 #E59CA9 #A9E59C

tetradic

#9CA9E5 #E59CCD #E5D89C #9CE5B3

square

#9CA9E5 #E59CCD #E5D89C #9CE5B3

split-complementary

#9CA9E5 #E5B39C #CDE59C

monochromatic

#3B55CC #6C7FD8 #9CA9E5 #CCD3F2 #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9CA9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#9CA9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA9E5

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA9E5	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88B4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.088 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc2ed',
    500: '#9ca9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca9e5;
$custom-light: #bbc2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.315,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7468,
    "c": 0.08797,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA9E5

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#A81FC6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA9E5

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

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