#9CAEF9#9CAEF9

#9CAEF9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.110 H 273.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEF9
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 249)
HSL	hsl(228, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(228, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 30.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, 11.59, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 40.94, 286.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% 0.0062 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.11 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9402, 44.1776, 95.7107)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEF9 #F9E79C

analogous

#9CDDF9 #9CAEF9 #B99CF9

triadic

#9CAEF9 #F99CAE #AEF99C

tetradic

#9CAEF9 #F99CDD #F9E79C #9CF9B9

square

#9CAEF9 #F99CDD #F9E79C #9CF9B9

split-complementary

#9CAEF9 #F9B99C #DDF99C

monochromatic

#2950F2 #627FF6 #9CAEF9 #D6DDFC #E2E7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9CAEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#9CAEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEF9

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEF9	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B5FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAEF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80BDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.110 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6fb',
    500: '#9caef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caef9;
$custom-light: #bcc6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.387,
    "s": 88.571,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76577,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEF9

secondary

#F5EFD6

accent

#B900E5

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEF9

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

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