#9CABE7#9CABE7

#9CABE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.088 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CABE7
RGB	rgb(156, 171, 231)
HSL	hsl(228, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(228, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 26%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 8.59, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 32.95, 285.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.0051 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.088 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6929, 41.9617, 81.4358)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CABE7 #E7D89C

analogous

#9CD0E7 #9CABE7 #B29CE7

triadic

#9CABE7 #E79CAB #ABE79C

tetradic

#9CABE7 #E79CD0 #E7D89C #9CE7B2

square

#9CABE7 #E79CD0 #E7D89C #9CE7B2

split-complementary

#9CABE7 #E7B29C #D0E79C

monochromatic

#3957CF #6B81DB #9CABE7 #CDD5F3 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#9CABE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#9CABE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CABE7

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CABE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CABE7	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)

#98B1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87B7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cabe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 171, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.088 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc3ee',
    500: '#9cabe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cabe7;
$custom-light: #bbc3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cabe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75172,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CABE7

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#A61DC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CABE7

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

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