#9BB3DE#9BB3DE

#9BB3DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.068 H 262.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB3DE
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 222)
HSL	hsl(219, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, 1.62, -24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 24.34, 273.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0094 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.068 262)
XYZ	xyz(42.8187, 44.4811, 75.4227)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB3DE #DEC69B

analogous

#9BD5DE #9BB3DE #A59BDE

triadic

#9BB3DE #DE9BB3 #B3DE9B

tetradic

#9BB3DE #DE9BD5 #DEC69B #9BDEA5

square

#9BB3DE #DE9BD5 #DEC69B #9BDEA5

split-complementary

#9BB3DE #DEA59B #D5DE9B

monochromatic

#3F6DBF #6D90CF #9BB3DE #C9D6ED #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9BB3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#9BB3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB3DE

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB3DE	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.068 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac9e8',
    500: '#9bb3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb3de;
$custom-light: #bac9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.507,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76374,
    "c": 0.06751,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.44483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB3DE

secondary

#EEE8DD

accent

#8828BE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB3DE

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

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