#9E9BC5#9E9BC5

#9E9BC5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.061 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9BC5
RGB	rgb(158, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(244, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(244, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 9.92, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 23.39, 295.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0188 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.061 288)
XYZ	xyz(35.8976, 34.7425, 57.6272)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9BC5 #C2C59B

analogous

#9BADC5 #9E9BC5 #B39BC5

triadic

#9E9BC5 #C59E9B #9BC59E

tetradic

#9E9BC5 #C59BAD #C2C59B #9BC5B3

square

#9E9BC5 #C59BAD #C2C59B #9BC5B3

split-complementary

#9E9BC5 #C5B39B #ADC59B

monochromatic

#595491 #7874AF #9E9BC5 #C4C2DB #E9E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#9E9BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#9E9BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9BC5

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9BC5	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.061 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb8d6',
    500: '#9e9bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9bc5;
$custom-light: #bbb8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70671,
    "c": 0.06091,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.34743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9BC5

secondary

#E3E4D8

accent

#A5409E

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9BC5

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

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