#9CAECB#9CAECB

#9CAECB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.047 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAECB
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(217, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(217, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 0.11, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 16.80, 270.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0081 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.047 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6230, 41.6507, 62.4401)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAECB #CBB99C

analogous

#9CC6CB #9CAECB #A19CCB

triadic

#9CAECB #CB9CAE #AECB9C

tetradic

#9CAECB #CB9CC6 #CBB99C #9CCBA1

square

#9CAECB #CB9CC6 #CBB99C #9CCBA1

split-complementary

#9CAECB #CBA19C #C6CB9C

monochromatic

#516E9B #748DB6 #9CAECB #C4CFE0 #EBEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#9CAECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#9CAECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAECB

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAECB	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.047 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac6da',
    500: '#9caecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caecb;
$custom-light: #bac6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.021,
    "s": 31.126,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7467,
    "c": 0.04655,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAECB

secondary

#E8E3DB

accent

#803CAA

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAECB

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

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