#9BB1DF#9BB1DF

#9BB1DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.071 H 264.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB1DF
RGB	rgb(155, 177, 223)
HSL	hsl(221, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(221, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 20.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, 2.97, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 25.76, 276.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0064 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.071 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5552, 43.7390, 75.9980)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB1DF #DFC99B

analogous

#9BD3DF #9BB1DF #A79BDF

triadic

#9BB1DF #DF9BB1 #B1DF9B

tetradic

#9BB1DF #DF9BD3 #DFC99B #9BDFA7

square

#9BB1DF #DF9BD3 #DFC99B #9BDFA7

split-complementary

#9BB1DF #DFA79B #D3DF9B

monochromatic

#3E69C1 #6D8DD0 #9BB1DF #C9D5EE #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9BB1DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#9BB1DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB1DF

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB1DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB1DF	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb1df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 177, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.071 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac8e9',
    500: '#9bb1df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb1df;
$custom-light: #bac8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb1df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.588,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75998,
    "c": 0.07081,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB1DF

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#8E27BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB1DF

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

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