#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
RGB	rgb(156, 172, 217)
HSL	hsl(224, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(224, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, 4.55, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 24.98, 280.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0006 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.068 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9838, 41.5814, 71.4989)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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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
##9CACD9	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #9CACD9

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

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