#9CAAED#9CAAED

#9CAAED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.098 H 274.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAED
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 237)
HSL	hsl(230, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(230, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 10.69, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 36.71, 286.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0081 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.098 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3667, 41.9302, 85.9127)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAED #EDDF9C

analogous

#9CD2ED #9CAAED #B79CED

triadic

#9CAAED #ED9CAA #AAED9C

tetradic

#9CAAED #ED9CD2 #EDDF9C #9CEDB7

square

#9CAAED #ED9CD2 #EDDF9C #9CEDB7

split-complementary

#9CAAED #EDB79C #D2ED9C

monochromatic

#3451DA #687EE4 #9CAAED #D0D6F6 #E5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#9CAAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#9CAAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAED

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAED	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85B7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.098 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc3f3',
    500: '#9caaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caaed;
$custom-light: #bbc3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.63,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75233,
    "c": 0.09795,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAED

secondary

#F2EED9

accent

#B114D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAED

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

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