#9D9DD4#9D9DD4

#9D9DD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.080 H 284.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9DD4
RGB	rgb(157, 157, 212)
HSL	hsl(240, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(240, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 25.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 12.03, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 30.47, 293.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0196 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.08 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8422, 36.0347, 67.2362)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9DD4 #D4D49D

analogous

#9DB9D4 #9D9DD4 #B99DD4

triadic

#9D9DD4 #D49D9D #9DD49D

tetradic

#9D9DD4 #D49DB9 #D4D49D #9DD4B9

square

#9D9DD4 #D49DB9 #D4D49D #9DD4B9

split-complementary

#9D9DD4 #D4B99D #B9D49D

monochromatic

#4B4BAB #7272C1 #9D9DD4 #C8C8E7 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9D9DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#9D9DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9DD4

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9DD4	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 157, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.080 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb9e1',
    500: '#9d9dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9dd4;
$custom-light: #bbb9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 39.007,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71611,
    "c": 0.07966,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9DD4

secondary

#ECECDF

accent

#B234B2

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9DD4

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

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