#9BAAE9#9BAAE9

#9BAAE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.093 H 273.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BAAE9
RGB	rgb(155, 170, 233)
HSL	hsl(228, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(228, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 27%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 9.38, -33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 34.59, 285.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0059 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.093 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5961, 41.5996, 82.8602)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BAAE9 #E9DA9B

analogous

#9BD1E9 #9BAAE9 #B39BE9

triadic

#9BAAE9 #E99BAA #AAE99B

tetradic

#9BAAE9 #E99BD1 #E9DA9B #9BE9B3

square

#9BAAE9 #E99BD1 #E9DA9B #9BE9B3

split-complementary

#9BAAE9 #E9B39B #D1E99B

monochromatic

#3755D3 #697FDE #9BAAE9 #CDD5F4 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#9BAAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#9BAAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BAAE9

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BAAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BAAE9	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9baae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 170, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.093 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac3f0',
    500: '#9baae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9baae9;
$custom-light: #bac3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9baae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.462,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74986,
    "c": 0.09261,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BAAE9

secondary

#F1EDDA

accent

#AA1ACC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BAAE9

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

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