#9E9CD5#9E9CD5

#9E9CD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.082 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9CD5
RGB	rgb(158, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(242, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(242, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 13.14, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 31.61, 294.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0223 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.082 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9962, 35.8494, 67.8556)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9CD5 #D3D59C

analogous

#9CB7D5 #9E9CD5 #BA9CD5

triadic

#9E9CD5 #D59E9C #9CD59E

tetradic

#9E9CD5 #D59CB7 #D3D59C #9CD5BA

square

#9E9CD5 #D59CB7 #D3D59C #9CD5BA

split-complementary

#9E9CD5 #D5BA9C #B7D59C

monochromatic

#4D49AD #7471C3 #9E9CD5 #C8C7E7 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9E9CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#9E9CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9CD5

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9CD5	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.082 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb9e2',
    500: '#9e9cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9cd5;
$custom-light: #bbb9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.105,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71533,
    "c": 0.08245,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9CD5

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B332AF

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9CD5

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

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