#9E9CC4#9E9CC4

#9E9CC4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.058 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9CC4
RGB	rgb(158, 156, 196)
HSL	hsl(243, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(243, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 9.13, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 22.24, 294.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0171 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.058 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9505, 35.0311, 57.0815)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9CC4 #C2C49C

analogous

#9CAEC4 #9E9CC4 #B29CC4

triadic

#9E9CC4 #C49E9C #9CC49E

tetradic

#9E9CC4 #C49CAE #C2C49C #9CC4B2

square

#9E9CC4 #C49CAE #C2C49C #9CC4B2

split-complementary

#9E9CC4 #C4B29C #AEC49C

monochromatic

#595690 #7876AD #9E9CC4 #C4C2DB #E9E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#9E9CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#9E9CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9CC4

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9CC4	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 156, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.058 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb9d6',
    500: '#9e9cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9cc4;
$custom-light: #bbb9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243,
    "s": 25.316,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70835,
    "c": 0.05798,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9CC4

secondary

#E3E4D8

accent

#A4429F

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9CC4

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

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