#9CACD9#9CACD9

#9CACD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.068 H 269.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9CACD9
RGBrgb(156, 172, 217)
HSLhsl(224, 45%, 73%)
HSVhsv(224, 28%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(28.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.58, 4.55, -24.56)
CIE-LCHlch(70.58, 24.98, 280.49°)
OKLaboklab(74.79% -0.0006 -0.0676)
OKLCHoklch(74.79% 0.068 269.5)
XYZxyz(40.9838, 41.5814, 71.4989)
Luminance0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9CACD9 #D9C99C
analogous
#9CCAD9 #9CACD9 #AA9CD9
triadic
#9CACD9 #D99CAC #ACD99C
tetradic
#9CACD9 #D99CCA #D9C99C #9CD9AA
square
#9CACD9 #D99CCA #D9C99C #9CD9AA
split-complementary
#9CACD9 #D9AA9C #CAD99C
monochromatic
#4663B5 #7087C8 #9CACD9 #C8D1EA #E9ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25
#9CACD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32
#9CACD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CACD9
9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9CACD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9CACD91.002.259.329.32
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3221.001.001.00
##0000009.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EAFDB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99AAD8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8CB5BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9cacd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.068 269.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac4e4',
    500: '#9cacd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9cacd9;
$custom-light: #bac4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9cacd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.262,
    "s": 44.526,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74793,
    "c": 0.06757,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9CACD9
secondary
#EDE9DE
accent
#942EB8
background
#FBFCFD
surface
#F6F8FB
border
#D0D1D4
text
#121215
muted
#818183

Preview Lab

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#9CACD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva