#9EA4E4#9EA4E4

#9EA4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.093 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4E4
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(235, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 12.33, -32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 35.16, 290.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0157 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.093 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3758, 39.4202, 78.8126)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4E4 #E4DE9E

analogous

#9EC7E4 #9EA4E4 #BB9EE4

triadic

#9EA4E4 #E49EA4 #A4E49E

tetradic

#9EA4E4 #E49EC7 #E4DE9E #9EE4BB

square

#9EA4E4 #E49EC7 #E4DE9E #9EE4BB

split-complementary

#9EA4E4 #E4BB9E #C7E49E

monochromatic

#3E4AC9 #6E77D7 #9EA4E4 #CED1F1 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9EA4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9EA4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4E4

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4E4	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CB0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.093 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbeec',
    500: '#9ea4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4e4;
$custom-light: #bcbeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7378,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4E4

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B621C4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4E4

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

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