#9CAAF3#9CAAF3

#9CAAF3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.106 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAF3
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 243)
HSL	hsl(230, 78%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(230, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 30%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 12.25, -38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 39.93, 287.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% 0.0097 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.106 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2580, 42.2867, 90.6069)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAF3 #F3E59C

analogous

#9CD5F3 #9CAAF3 #B99CF3

triadic

#9CAAF3 #F39CAA #AAF39C

tetradic

#9CAAF3 #F39CD5 #F3E59C #9CF3B9

square

#9CAAF3 #F39CD5 #F3E59C #9CF3B9

split-complementary

#9CAAF3 #F3B99C #D5F39C

monochromatic

#2F4CE6 #657BEC #9CAAF3 #D3D9FA #E4E8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#9CAAF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#9CAAF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAF3

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAF3	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B2F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CABF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83B8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.106 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3f7',
    500: '#9caaf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caaf3;
$custom-light: #bcc3f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.345,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75504,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAF3

secondary

#F3EFD8

accent

#B90BDB

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F7FE

border

#D0D0D6

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAF3

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

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