#9CAEF5#9CAEF5

#9CAEF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.104 H 272.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEF5
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 245)
HSL	hsl(228, 82%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(228, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 29%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 10.53, -37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 38.81, 285.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.0051 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.104 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3229, 43.9307, 92.4599)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEF5 #F5E39C

analogous

#9CDAF5 #9CAEF5 #B69CF5

triadic

#9CAEF5 #F59CAE #AEF59C

tetradic

#9CAEF5 #F59CDA #F5E39C #9CF5B6

square

#9CAEF5 #F59CDA #F5E39C #9CF5B6

split-complementary

#9CAEF5 #F5B69C #DAF59C

monochromatic

#2D53EA #6481EF #9CAEF5 #D4DBFB #E3E8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9CAEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#9CAEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEF5

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEF5	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B5F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AEF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82BCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.104 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6f8',
    500: '#9caef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caef5;
$custom-light: #bcc6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.865,
    "s": 81.651,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76395,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEF5

secondary

#F4EED7

accent

#B307DE

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEF5

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

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