#9CA9F2#9CA9F2

#9CA9F2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.106 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA9F2
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 242)
HSL	hsl(231, 77%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(231, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 30.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 12.55, -37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 39.94, 288.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.0107 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.106 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9207, 41.8530, 89.7515)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA9F2 #F2E59C

analogous

#9CD4F2 #9CA9F2 #BA9CF2

triadic

#9CA9F2 #F29CA9 #A9F29C

tetradic

#9CA9F2 #F29CD4 #F2E59C #9CF2BA

square

#9CA9F2 #F29CD4 #F2E59C #9CF2BA

split-complementary

#9CA9F2 #F2BA9C #D4F29C

monochromatic

#304BE4 #667AEB #9CA9F2 #D2D8F9 #E4E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#9CA9F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#9CA9F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA9F2

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA9F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA9F2	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B1F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CAAF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83B7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca9f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.106 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc2f6',
    500: '#9ca9f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca9f2;
$custom-light: #bbc2f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca9f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.93,
    "s": 76.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75259,
    "c": 0.10622,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA9F2

secondary

#F3EFD8

accent

#BA0CD9

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F7FE

border

#D0D0D6

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA9F2

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

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