#9DA8CE#9DA8CE

#9DA8CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.056 H 272.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DA8CE
RGB	rgb(157, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(227, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(227, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 4.43, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 21.08, 282.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0023 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.056 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0449, 39.6286, 63.9725)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DA8CE #CEC39D

analogous

#9DC0CE #9DA8CE #AA9DCE

triadic

#9DA8CE #CE9DA8 #A8CE9D

tetradic

#9DA8CE #CE9DC0 #CEC39D #9DCEAA

square

#9DA8CE #CE9DC0 #CEC39D #9DCEAA

split-complementary

#9DA8CE #CEAA9D #C0CE9D

monochromatic

#5062A0 #7484BA #9DA8CE #C6CCE2 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9DA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#9DA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DA8CE

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DA8CE	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9da8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.056 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1dd',
    500: '#9da8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9da8ce;
$custom-light: #bac1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9da8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.531,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73606,
    "c": 0.05646,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DA8CE

secondary

#EAE7DD

accent

#9239AC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DA8CE

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

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