#9CAEF2#9CAEF2

#9CAEF2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.100 H 272.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEF2
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 242)
HSL	hsl(227, 77%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(227, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 9.75, -35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 37.22, 285.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% 0.0043 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.1 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8687, 43.7490, 90.0675)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEF2 #F2E09C

analogous

#9CD9F2 #9CAEF2 #B59CF2

triadic

#9CAEF2 #F29CAE #AEF29C

tetradic

#9CAEF2 #F29CD9 #F2E09C #9CF2B5

square

#9CAEF2 #F29CD9 #F2E09C #9CF2B5

split-complementary

#9CAEF2 #F2B59C #D9F29C

monochromatic

#3055E4 #6682EB #9CAEF2 #D2DAF9 #E4E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9CAEF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#9CAEF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEF2

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEF2	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B4F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ADF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.100 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc6f6',
    500: '#9caef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caef2;
$custom-light: #bbc6f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.442,
    "s": 76.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7626,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEF2

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#AE0CD9

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FE

border

#D0D1D6

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEF2

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

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