#9E9DC3#9E9DC3

#9E9DC3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.055 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9DC3
RGB	rgb(158, 157, 195)
HSL	hsl(242, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(242, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 8.34, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 21.09, 293.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0153 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.055 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0056, 35.3227, 56.5402)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9DC3 #C2C39D

analogous

#9DAFC3 #9E9DC3 #B19DC3

triadic

#9E9DC3 #C39E9D #9DC39E

tetradic

#9E9DC3 #C39DAF #C2C39D #9DC3B1

square

#9E9DC3 #C39DAF #C2C39D #9DC3B1

split-complementary

#9E9DC3 #C3B19D #AFC39D

monochromatic

#59578E #7877AC #9E9DC3 #C4C3DA #E9E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9E9DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#9E9DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9DC3

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9DC3	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#94A1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 157, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.055 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb9d5',
    500: '#9e9dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9dc3;
$custom-light: #bbb9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.579,
    "s": 24.051,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70999,
    "c": 0.05505,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9DC3

secondary

#E3E3D8

accent

#A343A0

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9DC3

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

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