#9EA4E6#9EA4E6

#9EA4E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.095 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4E6
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 12.83, -33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 36.25, 290.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0162 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.095 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6550, 39.5319, 80.2833)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4E6 #E6E09E

analogous

#9EC8E6 #9EA4E6 #BC9EE6

triadic

#9EA4E6 #E69EA4 #A4E69E

tetradic

#9EA4E6 #E69EC8 #E6E09E #9EE6BC

square

#9EA4E6 #E69EC8 #E6E09E #9EE6BC

split-complementary

#9EA4E6 #E6BC9E #C8E69E

monochromatic

#3D49CD #6D76D9 #9EA4E6 #CFD2F3 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9EA4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9EA4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4E6

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4E6	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ABE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.095 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbeee',
    500: '#9ea4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4e6;
$custom-light: #bcbeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73868,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4E6

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B91FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4E6

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

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