#9BB3DB#9BB3DB

#9BB3DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.064 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB3DB
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(218, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, 0.88, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 22.83, 272.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0104 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.064 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4202, 44.3217, 73.3240)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB3DB #DBC39B

analogous

#9BD3DB #9BB3DB #A39BDB

triadic

#9BB3DB #DB9BB3 #B3DB9B

tetradic

#9BB3DB #DB9BD3 #DBC39B #9BDBA3

square

#9BB3DB #DB9BD3 #DBC39B #9BDBA3

split-complementary

#9BB3DB #DBA39B #D3DB9B

monochromatic

#436FB9 #6E91CB #9BB3DB #C8D5EB #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9BB3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#9BB3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB3DB

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB3DB	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.064 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac9e6',
    500: '#9bb3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb3db;
$custom-light: #bac9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76256,
    "c": 0.06356,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB3DB

secondary

#EEE8DD

accent

#852BBA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB3DB

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

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