#9CAEDE#9CAEDE

#9CAEDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.072 H 268.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEDE
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(224, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(224, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 4.67, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 26.62, 280.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0017 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.072 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0275, 42.6125, 75.1038)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEDE #DECC9C

analogous

#9CCFDE #9CAEDE #AB9CDE

triadic

#9CAEDE #DE9CAE #AEDE9C

tetradic

#9CAEDE #DE9CCF #DECC9C #9CDEAB

square

#9CAEDE #DE9CCF #DECC9C #9CDEAB

split-complementary

#9CAEDE #DEAB9C #CFDE9C

monochromatic

#4063BF #6E88CF #9CAEDE #CAD4ED #E8ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#9CAEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#9CAEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEDE

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEDE	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AB7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.072 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac6e8',
    500: '#9caede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caede;
$custom-light: #bac6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75407,
    "c": 0.07226,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEDE

secondary

#EEEADD

accent

#9528BD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEDE

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

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