#9CAEDD#9CAEDD

#9CAEDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.071 H 268.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEDD
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(223, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(223, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 4.42, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 26.10, 279.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.002 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.071 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8938, 42.5591, 74.4000)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEDD #DDCB9C

analogous

#9CCFDD #9CAEDD #AB9CDD

triadic

#9CAEDD #DD9CAE #AEDD9C

tetradic

#9CAEDD #DD9CCF #DDCB9C #9CDDAB

square

#9CAEDD #DD9CCF #DDCB9C #9CDDAB

split-complementary

#9CAEDD #DDAB9C #CFDD9C

monochromatic

#4164BE #6E89CD #9CAEDD #CAD3ED #E8ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#9CAEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#9CAEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEDD

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEDD	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AB7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.071 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac6e7',
    500: '#9caedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caedd;
$custom-light: #bac6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.385,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75367,
    "c": 0.07088,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEDD

secondary

#EEE9DD

accent

#9429BC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEDD

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

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