#9EA5EA#9EA5EA

#9EA5EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.100 H 279.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA5EA
RGB	rgb(158, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(234, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, 13.29, -35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 37.85, 290.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.016 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.1 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4029, 40.1185, 83.3355)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA5EA #EAE39E

analogous

#9ECBEA #9EA5EA #BD9EEA

triadic

#9EA5EA #EA9EA5 #A5EA9E

tetradic

#9EA5EA #EA9ECB #EAE39E #9EEABD

square

#9EA5EA #EA9ECB #EAE39E #9EEABD

split-complementary

#9EA5EA #EABD9E #CBEA9E

monochromatic

#3948D4 #6C76DF #9EA5EA #D0D4F5 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9EA5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#9EA5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA5EA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA5EA	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AB2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.100 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbff1',
    500: '#9ea5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea5ea;
$custom-light: #bcbff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.474,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74246,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA5EA

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BC19CC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA5EA

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

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