#9EA4E5#9EA4E5

#9EA4E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.094 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4E5
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(235, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 12.58, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 35.70, 290.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0159 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.094 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5150, 39.4759, 79.5458)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4E5 #E5DF9E

analogous

#9EC7E5 #9EA4E5 #BB9EE5

triadic

#9EA4E5 #E59EA4 #A4E59E

tetradic

#9EA4E5 #E59EC7 #E5DF9E #9EE5BB

square

#9EA4E5 #E59EC7 #E5DF9E #9EE5BB

split-complementary

#9EA4E5 #E5BB9E #C7E59E

monochromatic

#3D49CB #6E77D8 #9EA4E5 #CED1F2 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9EA4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#9EA4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4E5

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4E5	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CB0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.094 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbeed',
    500: '#9ea4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4e5;
$custom-light: #bcbeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.93,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73824,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4E5

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B720C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4E5

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

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