#9CAEED#9CAEED

#9CAEED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.093 H 271.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEED
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 237)
HSL	hsl(227, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(227, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, 8.45, -33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 34.56, 284.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0029 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.093 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1280, 43.4527, 86.1665)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEED #EDDB9C

analogous

#9CD6ED #9CAEED #B39CED

triadic

#9CAEED #ED9CAE #AEED9C

tetradic

#9CAEED #ED9CD6 #EDDB9C #9CEDB3

square

#9CAEED #ED9CD6 #EDDB9C #9CEDB3

split-complementary

#9CAEED #EDB39C #D6ED9C

monochromatic

#3459DA #6884E4 #9CAEED #D0D8F6 #E5EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9CAEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#9CAEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEED

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEED	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85BAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.093 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc6f3',
    500: '#9caeed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caeed;
$custom-light: #bbc6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7604,
    "c": 0.09306,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEED

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A714D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEED

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

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