#9CAECD#9CAECD

#9CAECD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.049 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAECD
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(218, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(218, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 0.58, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 17.81, 271.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0074 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.049 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8628, 41.7467, 63.7034)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAECD #CDBB9C

analogous

#9CC6CD #9CAECD #A29CCD

triadic

#9CAECD #CD9CAE #AECD9C

tetradic

#9CAECD #CD9CC6 #CDBB9C #9CCDA2

square

#9CAECD #CD9CC6 #CDBB9C #9CCDA2

split-complementary

#9CAECD #CDA29C #C6CD9C

monochromatic

#506D9F #738DB8 #9CAECD #C5CFE2 #EBEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#9CAECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#9CAECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAECD

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAECD	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.049 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac6dc',
    500: '#9caecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caecd;
$custom-light: #bac6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.959,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74745,
    "c": 0.04917,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAECD

secondary

#E9E4DC

accent

#823AAC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAECD

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

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