#9CAEF8#9CAEF8

#9CAEF8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.108 H 273.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEF8
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 248)
HSL	hsl(228, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(228, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, 11.32, -38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 40.41, 286.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% 0.0059 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.108 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7846, 44.1154, 94.8915)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEF8 #F8E69C

analogous

#9CDCF8 #9CAEF8 #B89CF8

triadic

#9CAEF8 #F89CAE #AEF89C

tetradic

#9CAEF8 #F89CDC #F8E69C #9CF8B8

square

#9CAEF8 #F89CDC #F8E69C #9CF8B8

split-complementary

#9CAEF8 #F8B89C #DCF89C

monochromatic

#2A50F0 #637FF4 #9CAEF8 #D5DDFC #E2E8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9CAEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#9CAEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEF8

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEF8	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B5FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAEF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80BDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.108 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6fb',
    500: '#9caef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caef8;
$custom-light: #bcc6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.261,
    "s": 86.792,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76531,
    "c": 0.10833,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEF8

secondary

#F5EFD6

accent

#B702E3

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEF8

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

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