#9EAEE3#9EAEE3

#9EAEE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.079 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAEE3
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(226, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(226, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, 6.48, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 29.16, 282.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% 0.0019 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.079 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0978, 43.0858, 78.7038)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAEE3 #E3D39E

analogous

#9ED0E3 #9EAEE3 #B09EE3

triadic

#9EAEE3 #E39EAE #AEE39E

tetradic

#9EAEE3 #E39ED0 #E3D39E #9EE3B0

square

#9EAEE3 #E39ED0 #E3D39E #9EE3B0

split-complementary

#9EAEE3 #E3B09E #D0E39E

monochromatic

#3F5FC8 #6F86D5 #9EAEE3 #CDD6F1 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9EAEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#9EAEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAEE3

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAEE3	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.079 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6ec',
    500: '#9eaee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaee3;
$custom-light: #bcc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.087,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75754,
    "c": 0.07854,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAEE3

secondary

#EFEBDC

accent

#9E23C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAEE3

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

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