#9DA3CE#9DA3CE

#9DA3CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.063 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DA3CE
RGB	rgb(157, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(233, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 7.21, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 23.74, 287.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0093 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.063 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1396, 37.8179, 63.6707)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DA3CE #CEC89D

analogous

#9DBBCE #9DA3CE #AF9DCE

triadic

#9DA3CE #CE9DA3 #A3CE9D

tetradic

#9DA3CE #CE9DBB #CEC89D #9DCEAF

square

#9DA3CE #CE9DBB #CEC89D #9DCEAF

split-complementary

#9DA3CE #CEAF9D #BBCE9D

monochromatic

#505AA0 #747DBA #9DA3CE #C6C9E2 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9DA3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#9DA3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DA3CE

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DA3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DA3CE	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9da3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.063 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babedd',
    500: '#9da3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9da3ce;
$custom-light: #babedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9da3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.653,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72578,
    "c": 0.06272,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DA3CE

secondary

#EAE8DD

accent

#9E39AC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DA3CE

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

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