#9DAEEF#9DAEEF

#9DAEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.096 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DAEEF
RGB	rgb(157, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(228, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(228, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, 9.24, -34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 35.58, 285.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% 0.0045 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.096 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6162, 43.6705, 87.7231)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DAEEF #EFDE9D

analogous

#9DD7EF #9DAEEF #B59DEF

triadic

#9DAEEF #EF9DAE #AEEF9D

tetradic

#9DAEEF #EF9DD7 #EFDE9D #9DEFB5

square

#9DAEEF #EF9DD7 #EFDE9D #9DEFB5

split-complementary

#9DAEEF #EFB59D #D7EF9D

monochromatic

#3457DE #6883E6 #9DAEEF #D2D9F8 #E5E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9DAEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#9DAEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DAEEF

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DAEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DAEEF	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86BBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9daeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.096 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6f4',
    500: '#9daeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9daeef;
$custom-light: #bcc6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9daeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.561,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76197,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DAEEF

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#AC12D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DAEEF

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

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