#9CAEEA#9CAEEA

#9CAEEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.089 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEEA
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 234)
HSL	hsl(226, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 25.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 7.68, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 32.97, 283.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.002 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.089 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6934, 43.2789, 83.8774)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEEA #EAD89C

analogous

#9CD5EA #9CAEEA #B19CEA

triadic

#9CAEEA #EA9CAE #AEEA9C

tetradic

#9CAEEA #EA9CD5 #EAD89C #9CEAB1

square

#9CAEEA #EA9CD5 #EAD89C #9CEAB1

split-complementary

#9CAEEA #EAB19C #D5EA9C

monochromatic

#375BD5 #6A85DF #9CAEEA #CED7F5 #E6EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9CAEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#9CAEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEEA

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEEA	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.089 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc6f1',
    500: '#9caeea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caeea;
$custom-light: #bbc6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7591,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEEA

secondary

#F1ECDA

accent

#A319CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEEA

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

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