#9D9BC5#9D9BC5

#9D9BC5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.061 H 286.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9BC5
RGB	rgb(157, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(243, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(243, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 9.60, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 23.37, 294.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.0177 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.061 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7016, 34.6415, 57.6180)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9BC5 #C3C59B

analogous

#9BAEC5 #9D9BC5 #B29BC5

triadic

#9D9BC5 #C59D9B #9BC59D

tetradic

#9D9BC5 #C59BAE #C3C59B #9BC5B2

square

#9D9BC5 #C59BAE #C3C59B #9BC5B2

split-complementary

#9D9BC5 #C5B29B #AEC59B

monochromatic

#575491 #7774AF #9D9BC5 #C3C2DB #E9E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#9D9BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#9D9BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9BC5

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9BC5	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.061 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab8d6',
    500: '#9d9bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9bc5;
$custom-light: #bab8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.857,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7059,
    "c": 0.06094,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9BC5

secondary

#E3E4D8

accent

#A540A0

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9BC5

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

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