#9AB4E2#9AB4E2

#9AB4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.072 H 261.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AB4E2
RGB	rgb(154, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(218, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(218, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, 1.78, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 26.01, 273.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0104 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.072 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3711, 45.0018, 78.3378)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AB4E2 #E2C89A

analogous

#9AD8E2 #9AB4E2 #A49AE2

triadic

#9AB4E2 #E29AB4 #B4E29A

tetradic

#9AB4E2 #E29AD8 #E2C89A #9AE2A4

square

#9AB4E2 #E29AD8 #E2C89A #9AE2A4

split-complementary

#9AB4E2 #E2A49A #D8E29A

monochromatic

#3B6DC7 #6A91D4 #9AB4E2 #CAD7F0 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#9AB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#9AB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AB4E2

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AB4E2	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ab4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.072 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9caeb',
    500: '#9ab4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ab4e2;
$custom-light: #b9caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ab4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.333,
    "s": 55.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76674,
    "c": 0.0723,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AB4E2

secondary

#EFE8DC

accent

#8923C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AB4E2

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

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