#9D9CBE#9D9CBE

#9D9CBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.049 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9CBE
RGB	rgb(157, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(242, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(242, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 7.44, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 18.90, 293.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0139 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.049 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0852, 34.6623, 53.5473)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9CBE #BDBE9C

analogous

#9CACBE #9D9CBE #AE9CBE

triadic

#9D9CBE #BE9D9C #9CBE9D

tetradic

#9D9CBE #BE9CAC #BDBE9C #9CBEAE

square

#9D9CBE #BE9CAC #BDBE9C #9CBEAE

split-complementary

#9D9CBE #BEAE9C #ACBE9C

monochromatic

#5A5987 #7877A6 #9D9CBE #C2C1D6 #E6E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#9D9CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#9D9CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9CBE

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9CBE	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)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.049 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab9d1',
    500: '#9d9cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9cbe;
$custom-light: #bab9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.765,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70522,
    "c": 0.04932,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9CBE

secondary

#E0E0D6

accent

#9F469D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9CBE

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

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