#9E9DC2#9E9DC2

#9E9DC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.054 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9DC2
RGB	rgb(158, 157, 194)
HSL	hsl(242, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(242, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 8.11, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 20.54, 293.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0149 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.054 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8929, 35.2776, 55.9467)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9DC2 #C1C29D

analogous

#9DAFC2 #9E9DC2 #B19DC2

triadic

#9E9DC2 #C29E9D #9DC29E

tetradic

#9E9DC2 #C29DAF #C1C29D #9DC2B1

square

#9E9DC2 #C29DAF #C1C29D #9DC2B1

split-complementary

#9E9DC2 #C2B19D #AFC29D

monochromatic

#59588D #7977AB #9E9DC2 #C3C3D9 #E9E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#9E9DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#9E9DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9DC2

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9DC2	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 157, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.054 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb9d4',
    500: '#9e9dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9dc2;
$custom-light: #bbb9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.622,
    "s": 23.27,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7096,
    "c": 0.0536,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9DC2

secondary

#E3E3D8

accent

#A2449F

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9DC2

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

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