#9EA4E0#9EA4E0

#9EA4E0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.087 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4E0
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 224)
HSL	hsl(235, 52%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(235, 29%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 11.33, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 32.98, 290.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0145 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.087 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8269, 39.2007, 75.9220)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4E0 #E0DA9E

analogous

#9EC5E0 #9EA4E0 #B99EE0

triadic

#9EA4E0 #E09EA4 #A4E09E

tetradic

#9EA4E0 #E09EC5 #E0DA9E #9EE0B9

square

#9EA4E0 #E09EC5 #E0DA9E #9EE0B9

split-complementary

#9EA4E0 #E0B99E #C5E09E

monochromatic

#414DC2 #7078D1 #9EA4E0 #CCD0EF #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9EA4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#9EA4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4E0

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4E0	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ABE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DAFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.087 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbeea',
    500: '#9ea4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4e0;
$custom-light: #bcbeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 51.563,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73605,
    "c": 0.08695,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4E0

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B127BF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4E0

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

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