#9CAAF2#9CAAF2

#9CAAF2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.105 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAF2
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 242)
HSL	hsl(230, 77%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(230, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 29.8%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, 11.99, -37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 39.39, 287.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0094 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.105 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1074, 42.2265, 89.8137)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAF2 #F2E49C

analogous

#9CD5F2 #9CAAF2 #B99CF2

triadic

#9CAAF2 #F29CAA #AAF29C

tetradic

#9CAAF2 #F29CD5 #F2E49C #9CF2B9

square

#9CAAF2 #F29CD5 #F2E49C #9CF2B9

split-complementary

#9CAAF2 #F2B99C #D5F29C

monochromatic

#304DE4 #667CEB #9CAAF2 #D2D8F9 #E4E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#9CAAF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#9CAAF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAF2

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAF2	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B1F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DABF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83B8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.105 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc3f6',
    500: '#9caaf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caaf2;
$custom-light: #bbc3f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.233,
    "s": 76.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75459,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAF2

secondary

#F3EFD8

accent

#B80CD9

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F7FE

border

#D0D0D6

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAF2

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

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