#9BADCD#9BADCD

#9BADCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.051 H 261.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BADCD
RGB	rgb(155, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(218, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(218, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, 0.82, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 18.33, 272.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0071 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.051 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4776, 41.2623, 63.6302)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BADCD #CDBB9B

analogous

#9BC6CD #9BADCD #A29BCD

triadic

#9BADCD #CD9BAD #ADCD9B

tetradic

#9BADCD #CD9BC6 #CDBB9B #9BCDA2

square

#9BADCD #CD9BC6 #CDBB9B #9BCDA2

split-complementary

#9BADCD #CDA29B #C6CD9B

monochromatic

#4F6C9E #728CB9 #9BADCD #C4CEE1 #EBEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#9BADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#9BADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BADCD

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BADCD	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EB3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9badcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.051 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c5dc',
    500: '#9badcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9badcd;
$custom-light: #b9c5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9badcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.4,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74463,
    "c": 0.05056,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BADCD

secondary

#E9E4DB

accent

#8339AC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BADCD

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

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