#9CAEF4#9CAEF4

#9CAEF4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.103 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEF4
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 244)
HSL	hsl(228, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(228, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 10.27, -36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 38.28, 285.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0048 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.103 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1707, 43.8698, 91.6581)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEF4 #F4E29C

analogous

#9CDAF4 #9CAEF4 #B69CF4

triadic

#9CAEF4 #F49CAE #AEF49C

tetradic

#9CAEF4 #F49CDA #F4E29C #9CF4B6

square

#9CAEF4 #F49CDA #F4E29C #9CF4B6

split-complementary

#9CAEF4 #F4B69C #DAF49C

monochromatic

#2E54E8 #6581EE #9CAEF4 #D3DBFA #E3E8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9CAEF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#9CAEF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEF4

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEF4	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B5F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AEF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82BCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.103 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6f8',
    500: '#9caef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caef4;
$custom-light: #bcc6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.727,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7635,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEF4

secondary

#F4EED7

accent

#B109DC

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEF4

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

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