#9CAAEB#9CAAEB

#9CAAEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.095 H 274.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAEB
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 235)
HSL	hsl(229, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(229, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 10.17, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 35.63, 286.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0075 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.095 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0761, 41.8140, 84.3824)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAEB #EBDD9C

analogous

#9CD2EB #9CAAEB #B69CEB

triadic

#9CAAEB #EB9CAA #AAEB9C

tetradic

#9CAAEB #EB9CD2 #EBDD9C #9CEBB6

square

#9CAAEB #EB9CD2 #EBDD9C #9CEBB6

split-complementary

#9CAAEB #EBB69C #D2EB9C

monochromatic

#3653D6 #697EE1 #9CAAEB #CFD6F5 #E6E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#9CAAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#9CAAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAEB

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAEB	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.095 274.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.367,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75145,
    "c": 0.09515,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAEB

secondary

#F1EDDA

accent

#AE17CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAEB

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

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