#9CAEFF#9CAEFF

#9CAEFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 273.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAEFF
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 255)
HSL	hsl(229, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(229, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, 13.19, -42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 44.13, 287.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% 0.0077 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.118 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8910, 44.5579, 100.7182)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAEFF #FFED9C

analogous

#9CDFFF #9CAEFF #BB9CFF

triadic

#9CAEFF #FF9CAE #AEFF9C

tetradic

#9CAEFF #FF9CDF #FFED9C #9CFFBB

square

#9CAEFF #FF9CDF #FFED9C #9CFFBB

split-complementary

#9CAEFF #FFBB9C #DFFF9C

monochromatic

#224AFF #5F7CFF #9CAEFF #D9E0FF #E0E6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9CAEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#9CAEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAEFF

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAEFF	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BAEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DBECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 273.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76856,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAEFF

secondary

#F7F1D4

accent

#BC00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121318

muted

#818286

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAEFF

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

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