#9CAEFA#9CAEFA

#9CAEFA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.111 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEFA
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 250)
HSL	hsl(229, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(229, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 30.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, 11.85, -39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 41.47, 286.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% 0.0064 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.111 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0966, 44.2402, 96.5343)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEFA #FAE89C

analogous

#9CDDFA #9CAEFA #B99CFA

triadic

#9CAEFA #FA9CAE #AEFA9C

tetradic

#9CAEFA #FA9CDD #FAE89C #9CFAB9

square

#9CAEFA #FA9CDD #FAE89C #9CFAB9

split-complementary

#9CAEFA #FAB99C #DDFA9C

monochromatic

#274FF4 #627EF7 #9CAEFA #D6DEFD #E2E7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9CAEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#9CAEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEFA

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEFA	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B6FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAEF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FBDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.111 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6fc',
    500: '#9caefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caefa;
$custom-light: #bcc6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.511,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76623,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEFA

secondary

#F6EFD5

accent

#BA00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEFA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →