#9EA3EB#9EA3EB

#9EA3EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.104 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA3EB
RGB	rgb(158, 163, 235)
HSL	hsl(236, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 30.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 14.67, -36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 39.54, 291.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0189 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.104 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1890, 39.4603, 83.9749)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA3EB #EBE69E

analogous

#9ECAEB #9EA3EB #C09EEB

triadic

#9EA3EB #EB9EA3 #A3EB9E

tetradic

#9EA3EB #EB9ECA #EBE69E #9EEBC0

square

#9EA3EB #EB9ECA #EBE69E #9EEBC0

split-complementary

#9EA3EB #EBC09E #CAEB9E

monochromatic

#3943D6 #6B73E1 #9EA3EB #D1D3F5 #E6E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9EA3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9EA3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA3EB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA3EB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AB0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 163, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.104 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbef1',
    500: '#9ea3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea3eb;
$custom-light: #bcbef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.104,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73896,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA3EB

secondary

#F1F0DA

accent

#C218CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA3EB

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

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