#9CAEFD#9CAEFD

#9CAEFD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.115 H 273.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEFD
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 253)
HSL	hsl(229, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(229, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 31.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, 12.65, -41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 43.06, 287.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% 0.0072 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.115 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5707, 44.4298, 99.0314)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEFD #FDEB9C

analogous

#9CDEFD #9CAEFD #BA9CFD

triadic

#9CAEFD #FD9CAE #AEFD9C

tetradic

#9CAEFD #FD9CDE #FDEB9C #9CFDBA

square

#9CAEFD #FD9CDE #FDEB9C #9CFDBA

split-complementary

#9CAEFD #FDBA9C #DEFD9C

monochromatic

#244CFB #607DFC #9CAEFD #D8DFFE #E1E6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9CAEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#9CAEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEFD

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEFD	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CAEFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EBECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caefd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.115 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6fe',
    500: '#9caefd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caefd;
$custom-light: #bcc6fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caefd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.866,
    "s": 96.04,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76762,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEFD

secondary

#F7F0D4

accent

#BB00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121318

muted

#818286

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEFD

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

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