#9CAADA#9CAADA

#9CAADA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.071 H 271.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAADA
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 218)
HSL	hsl(226, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(226, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 22%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 5.90, -25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 26.52, 282.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0024 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.071 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7364, 40.8781, 72.0600)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAADA #DACC9C

analogous

#9CC9DA #9CAADA #AD9CDA

triadic

#9CAADA #DA9CAA #AADA9C

tetradic

#9CAADA #DA9CC9 #DACC9C #9CDAAD

square

#9CAADA #DA9CC9 #DACC9C #9CDAAD

split-complementary

#9CAADA #DAAD9C #C9DA9C

monochromatic

#445EB7 #6F84C9 #9CAADA #C9D0EB #E9ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9CAADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#9CAADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAADA

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAADA	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CB3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.071 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac3e5',
    500: '#9caada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caada;
$custom-light: #bac3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.452,
    "s": 45.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74422,
    "c": 0.07127,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAADA

secondary

#EEEADD

accent

#992DB9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121215

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAADA

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

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