#9AB8DD#9AB8DD

#9AB8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.063 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AB8DD
RGB	rgb(154, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(213, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -1.64, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 21.93, 265.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0174 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.063 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5142, 46.3697, 75.0501)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AB8DD #DDBF9A

analogous

#9ADADD #9AB8DD #9D9ADD

triadic

#9AB8DD #DD9AB8 #B8DD9A

tetradic

#9AB8DD #DD9ADA #DDBF9A #9ADD9D

square

#9AB8DD #DD9ADA #DDBF9A #9ADD9D

split-complementary

#9AB8DD #DD9D9A #DADD9A

monochromatic

#4078BD #6C98CE #9AB8DD #C8D8EC #E8EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9AB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#9AB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AB8DD

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AB8DD	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ab8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.063 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cde7',
    500: '#9ab8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ab8dd;
$custom-light: #b9cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ab8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.134,
    "s": 49.63,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77315,
    "c": 0.06252,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AB8DD

secondary

#EEE6DD

accent

#7B29BD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AB8DD

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

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