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#94acf2

a light, electric blue · cool · closest name: Cornflower Blue

Token name suggestion: Drift Harbour

RGB
148, 172, 242
HSL
225°, 78%, 77%
CMYK
39, 29, 0, 5
Luminance
0.4221

#94acf2 is a light electric blue, 225° on the wheel and 92/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.44:1). As text it scores 2.22:1 on white — use #426DE8 instead. Nearest name is Cornflower Blue, nearest Tailwind family is blue.

hsl(225 78% 77%)rgb(148 172 242)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #94acf2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#94acf2
Hue
225°
blue
Saturation
78%
electric
Lightness
77%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
69%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4221
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
92/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
9.44:1
Closest name
Cornflower Blue
ΔE2000 8.9
Chroma
38.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.753
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
blue
500 · ΔE 14.8
Web-safe
#9999FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue225° of 360°
Saturation78%
Lightness77%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #94acf2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool92% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red15%
Green70%
Blue15%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#94acf2
HEX (8-digit)#94acf2ff
RGBrgb(148, 172, 242)
RGBArgba(148, 172, 242, 1)
HSLhsl(225, 78%, 77%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 39%, 95%)
HWBhwb(225 58% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(39%, 29%, 0%, 5%)
LABlab(71.0 8.7 -37.6)
LCHlch(71.0 38.6 283.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.753 0.105 269.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(42.99, 42.21, 89.87)
Decimal9743602
Display P3color(display-p3 0.580 0.675 0.949)
Web-safe#9999FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #94acf2;
background-color: #94acf2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #94acf2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#94acf2] bg-[#94acf2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #94acf2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.580, green: 0.675, blue: 0.949)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.580, green: 0.675, blue: 0.949, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#94ACF2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF94ACF2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF94ACF2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(242, 172, 148)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(148, 172, 242)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(148, 172, 242)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 148, 172, 242)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5804f, 0.6745f, 0.9490f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{148,172,242}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #94acf2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #94acf2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#0E2772, #D3DAEE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #94acf2 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F3F5FC;
  --brand-100: #E6EBF9;
  --brand-200: #C7D3F5;
  --brand-300: #94acf2;
  --brand-400: #698BED;
  --brand-500: #3764E7;
  --brand-600: #1B4BDA;
  --brand-700: #163FB6;
  --brand-800: #123291;
  --brand-900: #112869;
  --brand-950: #0B1942;
  --brand: #94acf2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F6FA;
  --brand-border: #C0CBED;
  --brand-hover: #7493EE;
  --brand-pressed: #557BEA;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141824;
    --brand-ink: #D3DAEE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3F5FC',
        100: '#E6EBF9',
        200: '#C7D3F5',
        300: '#94acf2',
        400: '#698BED',
        500: '#3764E7',
        600: '#1B4BDA',
        700: '#163FB6',
        800: '#123291',
        900: '#112869',
        950: '#0B1942',
        DEFAULT: '#94acf2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3F5FC,
  '100': #E6EBF9,
  '200': #C7D3F5,
  '300': #94acf2,
  '400': #698BED,
  '500': #3764E7,
  '600': #1B4BDA,
  '700': #163FB6,
  '800': #123291,
  '900': #112869,
  '950': #0B1942,
);
$brand-base: #94acf2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3F5FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E6EBF9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C7D3F5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#94acf2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#698BED", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#3764E7", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#1B4BDA", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#163FB6", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#123291", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#112869", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0B1942", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #94acf2 · 9.44:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.22:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.44:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #94acf2 as text scores 2.22:1 on white and 9.44:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #0E2772 at 6.08:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#426DE8 · 4.58:1
AA on white−18% L
#426DE8
The quick fox
#1A49D3 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−30% L
#1A49D3
The quick fox
#94acf2 · 9.44:1
AA on blackalready passes
#94acf2
The quick fox
#94acf2 · 9.44:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#94acf2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7090EE is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#94acf2 on white: 2.22:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#94acf2 on black: 9.44:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #94acf2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #94acf2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.22:1AaAa
Slate 502.13:1AaAa
Slate 1002.03:1AaAa
Slate 2001.80:1AaAa
Slate 3001.50:1AaAa
Slate 4001.15:1AaAa
Slate 5002.14:1AaAa
Slate 6003.41:1AaAa
Slate 7004.66:1AaAa
Slate 8006.58:1AaAa
Slate 9008.03:1AaAa
Black9.44:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #94B2F5
deuteranopia · #8CAAF0
tritanopia · #76BAC5

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #94acf2 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F3F5FC
#E6EBF9
#C7D3F5
#94acf2
#698BED
#3764E7
#1B4BDA
#163FB6
#123291
#112869
#0B1942
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F3F5FCDarkest = 950 · #0B1942Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.026 269.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.042 269.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.063 269.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.082 269.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.096 269.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.105 269.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.105 269.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.099 269.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.088 269.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.073 269.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.058 269.3);
}

Colors that work with #94acf2

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4F6FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0CBED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B5F9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#B96613
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#0E2772
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E8EDFC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141824
Dark-mode background
Hover#7493EE
One step down in lightness
Pressed#557BEA
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F4F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A1B8F9
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #94acf2

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #0E2772
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #7090EE

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight24/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#F2DA94
Analogous left#94DBF2
Analogous right#AB94F2
Split-complement 1#F2AB94
Split-complement 2#DBF294
Triadic 1#F294AC
Triadic 2#ACF294
Tetradic#F294DB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°225°

#94acf2 sits at 225°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red58.0%
Green67.5%
Blue94.9%
R · 0–255
148
0x94
G · 0–255
172
0xac
B · 0–255
242
0xf2

CMYK percentages

Cyan38.8%
Magenta28.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)5.1%

Total ink coverage is 73%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#94acf2 text on a black background

contrast 9.44:1

Card sample

#94acf2 text on a white background

contrast 2.22:1

Card sample

#94acf2 on grey

2.03:1

#94acf2 on its own surface

2.06:1

#94acf2 on its dark surface

7.96:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #94acf2;
Background color
Panel with #94acf2 background
background-color: #94acf2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #94acf2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(148, 172, 242, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(148, 172, 242, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #94acf2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #94acf2, #BB94F2);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #94acf2, #D294F2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #94acf2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #94acf2;
caret-color: #94acf2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #94acf2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E8EDFC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #94acf2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#94acf2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #94acf2 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(148, 172, 242, 0.5)
rgb(148 172 242 / 50%)
#94acf280
hsl(225 78% 77% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #94acf2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#94acf21a#F4F7FE
20%#94acf233#EAEEFC
40%#94acf266#D4DEFA
60%#94acf299#BFCDF7
80%#94acf2cc#A9BDF5

Gradients from #94acf2

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #CBD6F9, #94acf2 45%, #0E2772);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #94acf2, #B379EF);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #94acf2, #F2DA94);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E6ECFC 0%, #94acf2 45%, #0E2772 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F6FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #C2EFF8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C6AFF5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #0E2772 0%, transparent 65%), #94acf2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #94acf2

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#94acf2 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 9.44:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#94acf2, answered

What color is #94acf2?

#94acf2 is a light electric blue, closest to Cornflower Blue (ΔE2000 8.9). It sits at 225° on the hue wheel with 78% saturation and 77% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #94acf2?

rgb(148, 172, 242) — 148 red, 172 green and 242 blue out of 255, or 58% / 67.5% / 94.9% by channel.

What is #94acf2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(225, 78%, 77%) and hsv(225, 39%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #94acf2 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4221 and perceived brightness is 69%, so black text on it reaches 9.44:1.

Should I use black or white text on #94acf2?

Black. It scores 9.44:1 against #94acf2, versus 2.22:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #94acf2 accessible on a white background?

#94acf2 on white scores 2.22:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #426DE8 to reach 4.5:1, or #1A49D3 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #94acf2?

#F2DA94 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F2AB94 and #DBF294, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #94acf2?

For interface work: #F4F6FA as the surface, #C0CBED for borders, #4B5F9B for secondary text, #B96613 as an accent and #0E2772 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #94DBF2 and #AB94F2 stays calm, while #F2DA94 is the loudest partner.

What is #94acf2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(39%, 29%, 0%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #94acf2 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 92 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #9F94F2; nudged cooler, #93B9F3.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #94acf2?

The blue family — its 500 step is #3b82f6, ΔE2000 14.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #94acf2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #94acf2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#94acf2] or text-[#94acf2], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #94acf2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(148, 172, 242, 0.5), or #94acf280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CAD6F9; over black, #4A5679.

Is #94acf2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #9999FF, ΔE2000 6.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #94acf2 mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #94acf2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #CBD6F9, #94acf2 45%, #0E2772). For more colour, a short hue run to #B379EF keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #94acf2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #94acf2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.