#9DA5CE#9DA5CE

#9DA5CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.060 H 276.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DA5CE
RGB	rgb(157, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(230, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(230, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 6.10, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 22.65, 285.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0065 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.06 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4975, 38.5337, 63.7900)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DA5CE #CEC69D

analogous

#9DBDCE #9DA5CE #AD9DCE

triadic

#9DA5CE #CE9DA5 #A5CE9D

tetradic

#9DA5CE #CE9DBD #CEC69D #9DCEAD

square

#9DA5CE #CE9DBD #CEC69D #9DCEAD

split-complementary

#9DA5CE #CEAD9D #BDCE9D

monochromatic

#505DA0 #7480BA #9DA5CE #C6CAE2 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9DA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#9DA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DA5CE

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DA5CE	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91ACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9da5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.060 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babfdd',
    500: '#9da5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9da5ce;
$custom-light: #babfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9da5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.204,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72988,
    "c": 0.06013,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DA5CE

secondary

#EAE8DD

accent

#9939AC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DA5CE

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

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