#9CAADE#9CAADE

#9CAADE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.077 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAADE
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 222)
HSL	hsl(227, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(227, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 6.89, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 28.66, 283.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0037 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.077 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2662, 41.0900, 74.8500)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAADE #DED09C

analogous

#9CCBDE #9CAADE #AF9CDE

triadic

#9CAADE #DE9CAA #AADE9C

tetradic

#9CAADE #DE9CCB #DED09C #9CDEAF

square

#9CAADE #DE9CCB #DED09C #9CDEAF

split-complementary

#9CAADE #DEAF9C #CBDE9C

monochromatic

#405BBF #6E83CF #9CAADE #CAD1ED #E8EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9CAADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#9CAADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAADE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAADE	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AB4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.077 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac3e8',
    500: '#9caade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caade;
$custom-light: #bac3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.273,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74587,
    "c": 0.0769,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAADE

secondary

#EEEBDD

accent

#9E28BD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAADE

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

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