#9EA4E2#9EA4E2

#9EA4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.090 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4E2
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(235, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(235, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 11.83, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 34.07, 290.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0151 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.09 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0998, 39.3098, 77.3589)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4E2 #E2DC9E

analogous

#9EC6E2 #9EA4E2 #BA9EE2

triadic

#9EA4E2 #E29EA4 #A4E29E

tetradic

#9EA4E2 #E29EC6 #E2DC9E #9EE2BA

square

#9EA4E2 #E29EC6 #E2DC9E #9EE2BA

split-complementary

#9EA4E2 #E2BA9E #C6E29E

monochromatic

#404CC6 #6F78D4 #9EA4E2 #CDD0F0 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EA4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9EA4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4E2

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4E2	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DAFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.090 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbeeb',
    500: '#9ea4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4e2;
$custom-light: #bcbeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.706,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73692,
    "c": 0.0898,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4E2

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B424C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4E2

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

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