#9E98E6#9E98E6

#9E98E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.112 H 286.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E98E6
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 230)
HSL	hsl(245, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(245, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 33.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 19.64, -38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 43.34, 296.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0323 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.112 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6079, 35.4378, 79.6009)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E98E6 #E0E698

analogous

#98B9E6 #9E98E6 #C598E6

triadic

#9E98E6 #E69E98 #98E69E

tetradic

#9E98E6 #E698B9 #E0E698 #98E6C5

square

#9E98E6 #E698B9 #E0E698 #98E6C5

split-complementary

#9E98E6 #E6C598 #B9E698

monochromatic

#4136CE #7067DA #9E98E6 #CCC9F2 #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9E98E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#9E98E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E98E6

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E98E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E98E6	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CA6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e98e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.112 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb6ee',
    500: '#9e98e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e98e6;
$custom-light: #bcb6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e98e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 60.937,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7152,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E98E6

secondary

#EFF0DB

accent

#C91DBB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E98E6

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

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