#9AAEE3#9AAEE3

#9AAEE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.080 H 268.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AAEE3
RGB	rgb(154, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(224, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 5.34, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 29.36, 280.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0022 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.08 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3236, 42.6866, 78.6675)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AAEE3 #E3CF9A

analogous

#9AD2E3 #9AAEE3 #AB9AE3

triadic

#9AAEE3 #E39AAE #AEE39A

tetradic

#9AAEE3 #E39AD2 #E3CF9A #9AE3AB

square

#9AAEE3 #E39AD2 #E3CF9A #9AE3AB

split-complementary

#9AAEE3 #E3AB9A #D2E39A

monochromatic

#3A61C8 #6A88D6 #9AAEE3 #CAD4F0 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#9AAEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#9AAEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AAEE3

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AAEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AAEE3	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9aaee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.080 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c6ec',
    500: '#9aaee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9aaee3;
$custom-light: #b9c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9aaee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.562,
    "s": 56.589,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75474,
    "c": 0.07986,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AAEE3

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#9821C4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AAEE3

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

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