#9E9EEB#9E9EEB

#9E9EEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9EEB
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 235)
HSL	hsl(240, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 32.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 17.50, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 42.47, 294.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0255 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.111 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3187, 37.7198, 83.6848)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9EEB #EBEB9E

analogous

#9EC5EB #9E9EEB #C59EEB

triadic

#9E9EEB #EB9E9E #9EEB9E

tetradic

#9E9EEB #EB9EC5 #EBEB9E #9EEBC5

square

#9E9EEB #EB9EC5 #EBEB9E #9EEBC5

split-complementary

#9E9EEB #EBC59E #C5EB9E

monochromatic

#3939D6 #6B6BE1 #9E9EEB #D1D1F5 #E6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9E9EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#9E9EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9EEB

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9EEB	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbaf1',
    500: '#9e9eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9eeb;
$custom-light: #bdbaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9EEB

secondary

#F1F1DA

accent

#CE18CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9EEB

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

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