#9DA5CD#9DA5CD

#9DA5CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.059 H 276.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DA5CD
RGB	rgb(157, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(230, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(230, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 5.86, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 22.11, 285.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0061 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.059 276)
XYZ	xyz(38.3764, 38.4853, 63.1523)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DA5CD #CDC59D

analogous

#9DBDCD #9DA5CD #AD9DCD

triadic

#9DA5CD #CD9DA5 #A5CD9D

tetradic

#9DA5CD #CD9DBD #CDC59D #9DCDAD

square

#9DA5CD #CD9DBD #CDC59D #9DCDAD

split-complementary

#9DA5CD #CDAD9D #BDCD9D

monochromatic

#515E9F #7480B8 #9DA5CD #C6CAE2 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9DA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#9DA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DA5CD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DA5CD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9da5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.059 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babfdc',
    500: '#9da5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9da5cd;
$custom-light: #babfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9da5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72949,
    "c": 0.0587,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.38486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DA5CD

secondary

#E9E7DD

accent

#983AAB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DA5CD

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

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