#9CAAEA#9CAAEA

#9CAAEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.094 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAEA
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 234)
HSL	hsl(229, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(229, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 27.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 9.92, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 35.10, 286.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% 0.0072 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.094 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9321, 41.7563, 83.6237)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAEA #EADC9C

analogous

#9CD1EA #9CAAEA #B59CEA

triadic

#9CAAEA #EA9CAA #AAEA9C

tetradic

#9CAAEA #EA9CD1 #EADC9C #9CEAB5

square

#9CAAEA #EA9CD1 #EADC9C #9CEAB5

split-complementary

#9CAAEA #EAB59C #D1EA9C

monochromatic

#3753D5 #6A7FDF #9CAAEA #CED5F5 #E6E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#9CAAEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#9CAAEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAEA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAEA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.094 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc3f1',
    500: '#9caaea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caaea;
$custom-light: #bbc3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.231,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.751,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAEA

secondary

#F1EDDA

accent

#AC19CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAEA

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

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