#9EA4E1#9EA4E1

#9EA4E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.088 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4E1
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(235, 53%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(235, 30%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 11.58, -31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 33.53, 290.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0148 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.088 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9630, 39.2551, 76.6383)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4E1 #E1DB9E

analogous

#9EC5E1 #9EA4E1 #BA9EE1

triadic

#9EA4E1 #E19EA4 #A4E19E

tetradic

#9EA4E1 #E19EC5 #E1DB9E #9EE1BA

square

#9EA4E1 #E19EC5 #E1DB9E #9EE1BA

split-complementary

#9EA4E1 #E1BA9E #C5E19E

monochromatic

#414CC4 #6F78D3 #9EA4E1 #CDD0EF #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EA4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#9EA4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4E1

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4E1	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DAFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.088 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbeea',
    500: '#9ea4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4e1;
$custom-light: #bcbeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.627,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73648,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4E1

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B225C0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4E1

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

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