#9CAAFF#9CAAFF

#9CAAFF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.123 H 275.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAFF
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 255)
HSL	hsl(232, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(232, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 15.44, -43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 46.35, 289.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0127 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.123 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1297, 43.0354, 100.4644)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAFF #FFF19C

analogous

#9CDBFF #9CAAFF #BF9CFF

triadic

#9CAAFF #FF9CAA #AAFF9C

tetradic

#9CAAFF #FF9CDB #FFF19C #9CFFBF

square

#9CAAFF #FF9CDB #FFF19C #9CFFBF

split-complementary

#9CAAFF #FFBF9C #DBFF9C

monochromatic

#2241FF #5F75FF #9CAAFF #D9DFFF #E0E5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9CAAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#9CAAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAFF

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAFF	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86ACFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EBBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.123 275.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.515,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76067,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAFF

secondary

#F7F2D4

accent

#C500E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121218

muted

#818186

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAFF

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

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