#9D9CD3#9D9CD3

#9D9CD3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.080 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9CD3
RGB	rgb(157, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(241, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(241, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 12.35, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 30.51, 293.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0207 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.08 285)
XYZ	xyz(37.5480, 35.6474, 66.5178)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9CD3 #D2D39C

analogous

#9CB7D3 #9D9CD3 #B99CD3

triadic

#9D9CD3 #D39D9C #9CD39D

tetradic

#9D9CD3 #D39CB7 #D2D39C #9CD3B9

square

#9D9CD3 #D39CB7 #D2D39C #9CD3B9

split-complementary

#9D9CD3 #D3B99C #B7D39C

monochromatic

#4D4BA9 #7372C0 #9D9CD3 #C7C6E6 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9D9CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#9D9CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9CD3

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9CD3	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.080 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb9e0',
    500: '#9d9cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9cd3;
$custom-light: #bbb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.091,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71369,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.35648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9CD3

secondary

#ECECDF

accent

#B134AF

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9CD3

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

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