#9CAEEE#9CAEEE

#9CAEEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.094 H 271.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEEE
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(227, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(227, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, 8.71, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 35.09, 284.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0032 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.094 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2745, 43.5113, 86.9381)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEEE #EEDC9C

analogous

#9CD7EE #9CAEEE #B39CEE

triadic

#9CAEEE #EE9CAE #AEEE9C

tetradic

#9CAEEE #EE9CD7 #EEDC9C #9CEEB3

square

#9CAEEE #EE9CD7 #EEDC9C #9CEEB3

split-complementary

#9CAEEE #EEB39C #D7EE9C

monochromatic

#3459DC #6883E5 #9CAEEE #D0D9F7 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9CAEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#9CAEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEEE

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEEE	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.094 271.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.829,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76083,
    "c": 0.09445,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEEE

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#A913D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEEE

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

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