#9CA9FF#9CA9FF

#9CA9FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.124 H 276.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA9FF
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 255)
HSL	hsl(232, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(232, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 33.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 16.00, -44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 46.92, 289.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.014 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.124 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9429, 42.6619, 100.4022)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA9FF #FFF29C

analogous

#9CDAFF #9CA9FF #C09CFF

triadic

#9CA9FF #FF9CA9 #A9FF9C

tetradic

#9CA9FF #FF9CDA #FFF29C #9CFFC0

square

#9CA9FF #FF9CDA #FFF29C #9CFFC0

split-complementary

#9CA9FF #FFC09C #DAFF9C

monochromatic

#223FFF #5F74FF #9CA9FF #D9DEFF #E0E4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#9CA9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#9CA9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA9FF

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA9FF	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85ABFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EBAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.124 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc2ff',
    500: '#9ca9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca9ff;
$custom-light: #bcc2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.121,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75871,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA9FF

secondary

#F7F3D4

accent

#C700E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121218

muted

#818186

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA9FF

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

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