#9CAEE2#9CAEE2

#9CAEE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.078 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEE2
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(225, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(225, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 5.66, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 28.73, 281.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0004 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.078 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5699, 42.8295, 77.9607)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEE2 #E2D09C

analogous

#9CD1E2 #9CAEE2 #AD9CE2

triadic

#9CAEE2 #E29CAE #AEE29C

tetradic

#9CAEE2 #E29CD1 #E2D09C #9CE2AD

square

#9CAEE2 #E29CD1 #E2D09C #9CE2AD

split-complementary

#9CAEE2 #E2AD9C #D1E29C

monochromatic

#3D61C6 #6D87D4 #9CAEE2 #CBD5F0 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#9CAEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#9CAEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEE2

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEE2	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.078 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc6eb',
    500: '#9caee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caee2;
$custom-light: #bbc6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.571,
    "s": 54.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75572,
    "c": 0.07779,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEE2

secondary

#EFEADC

accent

#9923C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEE2

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

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