#9CAAFE#9CAAFE

#9CAAFE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.122 H 275.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAFE
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 254)
HSL	hsl(231, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(231, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 33.1%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, 15.17, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 45.82, 289.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0125 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.122 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9691, 42.9712, 99.6189)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAFE #FEF09C

analogous

#9CDBFE #9CAAFE #BF9CFE

triadic

#9CAAFE #FE9CAA #AAFE9C

tetradic

#9CAAFE #FE9CDB #FEF09C #9CFEBF

square

#9CAAFE #FE9CDB #FEF09C #9CFEBF

split-complementary

#9CAAFE #FEBF9C #DBFE9C

monochromatic

#2342FD #5F76FD #9CAAFE #D9DEFF #E1E5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9CAAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#9CAAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAFE

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAFE	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87ACFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EBBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.122 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3ff',
    500: '#9caafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caafe;
$custom-light: #bcc3ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 98,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76019,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAFE

secondary

#F7F2D4

accent

#C500E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121218

muted

#818186

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAFE

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

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