#9CAFFE#9CAFFE

#9CAFFE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.115 H 273.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAFFE
RGB	rgb(156, 175, 254)
HSL	hsl(228, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(228, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, 12.36, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 43.05, 286.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.0062 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.115 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9243, 44.8815, 99.9372)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAFFE #FEEB9C

analogous

#9CE0FE #9CAFFE #BA9CFE

triadic

#9CAFFE #FE9CAF #AFFE9C

tetradic

#9CAFFE #FE9CE0 #FEEB9C #9CFEBA

square

#9CAFFE #FE9CE0 #FEEB9C #9CFEBA

split-complementary

#9CAFFE #FEBA9C #E0FE9C

monochromatic

#234DFD #5F7EFD #9CAFFE #D9E0FF #E1E7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#9CAFFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#9CAFFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAFFE

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAFFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAFFE	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAFFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EBFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caffe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 175, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.115 273.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caffe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.367,
    "s": 98,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77008,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAFFE

secondary

#F7F0D4

accent

#B900E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121318

muted

#818286

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAFFE

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

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