#9E9DC4#9E9DC4

#9E9DC4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.057 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9DC4
RGB	rgb(158, 157, 196)
HSL	hsl(242, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(242, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 8.57, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 21.65, 293.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0156 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.057 286)
XYZ	xyz(36.1190, 35.3681, 57.1376)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9DC4 #C3C49D

analogous

#9DB0C4 #9E9DC4 #B29DC4

triadic

#9E9DC4 #C49E9D #9DC49E

tetradic

#9E9DC4 #C49DB0 #C3C49D #9DC4B2

square

#9E9DC4 #C49DB0 #C3C49D #9DC4B2

split-complementary

#9E9DC4 #C4B29D #B0C49D

monochromatic

#585790 #7877AD #9E9DC4 #C4C3DB #EAE9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9E9DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#9E9DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9DC4

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9DC4	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 157, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.057 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb9d6',
    500: '#9e9dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9dc4;
$custom-light: #bbb9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.538,
    "s": 24.841,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71038,
    "c": 0.0565,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.35369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9DC4

secondary

#E4E4D9

accent

#A342A1

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9DC4

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

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