#9CAEF3#9CAEF3

#9CAEF3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.101 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEF3
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 243)
HSL	hsl(228, 78%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(228, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 28.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 10.01, -36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 37.75, 285.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0046 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.101 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0193, 43.8092, 90.8606)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEF3 #F3E19C

analogous

#9CD9F3 #9CAEF3 #B59CF3

triadic

#9CAEF3 #F39CAE #AEF39C

tetradic

#9CAEF3 #F39CD9 #F3E19C #9CF3B5

square

#9CAEF3 #F39CD9 #F3E19C #9CF3B5

split-complementary

#9CAEF3 #F3B59C #D9F39C

monochromatic

#2F55E6 #6581EC #9CAEF3 #D3DBFA #E4E9FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9CAEF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#9CAEF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEF3

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEF3	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B5F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ADF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caef3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.101 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc6f7',
    500: '#9caef3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caef3;
$custom-light: #bbc6f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caef3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76305,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEF3

secondary

#F3EED8

accent

#B00BDB

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FE

border

#D0D1D6

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEF3

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

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