#9EAEEE#9EAEEE

#9EAEEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.094 H 273.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAEEE
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(228, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(228, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 9.26, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 35.02, 285.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.0052 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.094 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6648, 43.7126, 86.9564)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAEEE #EEDE9E

analogous

#9ED6EE #9EAEEE #B69EEE

triadic

#9EAEEE #EE9EAE #AEEE9E

tetradic

#9EAEEE #EE9ED6 #EEDE9E #9EEEB6

square

#9EAEEE #EE9ED6 #EEDE9E #9EEEB6

split-complementary

#9EAEEE #EEB69E #D6EE9E

monochromatic

#3657DC #6A83E5 #9EAEEE #D2D9F7 #E5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9EAEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#9EAEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAEEE

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAEEE	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87BAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.094 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6f3',
    500: '#9eaeee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaeee;
$custom-light: #bcc6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76223,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAEEE

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#AC13D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAEEE

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

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