#9CAEE3#9CAEE3

#9CAEE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.079 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEE3
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(225, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(225, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 5.91, -28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 29.26, 281.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0001 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.079 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7075, 42.8846, 78.6855)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEE3 #E3D19C

analogous

#9CD1E3 #9CAEE3 #AE9CE3

triadic

#9CAEE3 #E39CAE #AEE39C

tetradic

#9CAEE3 #E39CD1 #E3D19C #9CE3AE

square

#9CAEE3 #E39CD1 #E3D19C #9CE3AE

split-complementary

#9CAEE3 #E3AE9C #D1E39C

monochromatic

#3D60C8 #6C87D6 #9CAEE3 #CCD5F0 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9CAEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#9CAEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEE3

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEE3	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.079 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc6ec',
    500: '#9caee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caee3;
$custom-light: #bbc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.789,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75613,
    "c": 0.07918,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEE3

secondary

#EFEADC

accent

#9B22C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEE3

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

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