#9DA4DD#9DA4DD

#9DA4DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.083 H 278.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DA4DD
RGB	rgb(157, 164, 221)
HSL	hsl(233, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(233, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 10.29, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 31.36, 289.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0126 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.083 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2277, 38.9384, 73.7890)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DA4DD #DDD69D

analogous

#9DC4DD #9DA4DD #B69DDD

triadic

#9DA4DD #DD9DA4 #A4DD9D

tetradic

#9DA4DD #DD9DC4 #DDD69D #9DDDB6

square

#9DA4DD #DD9DC4 #DDD69D #9DDDB6

split-complementary

#9DA4DD #DDB69D #C4DD9D

monochromatic

#4250BD #707ACD #9DA4DD #CACEED #E8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9DA4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#9DA4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DA4DD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DA4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DA4DD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DAEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9da4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 164, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.083 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbee7',
    500: '#9da4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9da4dd;
$custom-light: #bbbee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9da4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.438,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73401,
    "c": 0.08286,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DA4DD

secondary

#EEECDD

accent

#AC2ABC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DA4DD

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

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