#9CAEFE#9CAEFE

#9CAEFE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.117 H 273.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEFE
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 254)
HSL	hsl(229, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(229, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 31.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, 12.92, -41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 43.60, 287.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% 0.0075 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.117 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7304, 44.4937, 99.8726)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEFE #FEEC9C

analogous

#9CDFFE #9CAEFE #BB9CFE

triadic

#9CAEFE #FE9CAE #AEFE9C

tetradic

#9CAEFE #FE9CDF #FEEC9C #9CFEBB

square

#9CAEFE #FE9CDF #FEEC9C #9CFEBB

split-complementary

#9CAEFE #FEBB9C #DFFE9C

monochromatic

#234BFD #5F7CFD #9CAEFE #D9E0FF #E1E6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9CAEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#9CAEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEFE

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEFE	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CAEFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EBECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caefe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.117 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6ff',
    500: '#9caefe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caefe;
$custom-light: #bcc6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caefe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.98,
    "s": 98,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76809,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEFE

secondary

#F7F1D4

accent

#BB00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121318

muted

#818286

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEFE

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

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