#9D9CEE#9D9CEE

#9D9CEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9CEE
RGB	rgb(157, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(241, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(241, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 19.14, -41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 45.29, 295.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0278 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.118 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2215, 37.1168, 85.8647)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9CEE #EDEE9C

analogous

#9CC4EE #9D9CEE #C69CEE

triadic

#9D9CEE #EE9D9C #9CEE9D

tetradic

#9D9CEE #EE9CC4 #EDEE9C #9CEEC6

square

#9D9CEE #EE9CC4 #EDEE9C #9CEEC6

split-complementary

#9D9CEE #EEC69C #C4EE9C

monochromatic

#3634DC #6968E5 #9D9CEE #D1D0F7 #E5E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9D9CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#9D9CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9CEE

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9CEE	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88ABBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9f4',
    500: '#9d9cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9cee;
$custom-light: #bcb9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.732,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72596,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9CEE

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#D313D0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9CEE

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

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