#9BB3DF#9BB3DF

#9BB3DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.069 H 262.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB3DF
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 223)
HSL	hsl(219, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, 1.87, -24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 24.85, 274.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0091 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.069 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9531, 44.5349, 76.1307)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB3DF #DFC79B

analogous

#9BD5DF #9BB3DF #A59BDF

triadic

#9BB3DF #DF9BB3 #B3DF9B

tetradic

#9BB3DF #DF9BD5 #DFC79B #9BDFA5

square

#9BB3DF #DF9BD5 #DFC79B #9BDFA5

split-complementary

#9BB3DF #DFA59B #D5DF9B

monochromatic

#3E6DC1 #6D90D0 #9BB3DF #C9D6EE #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9BB3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#9BB3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB3DF

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB3DF	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.069 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac9e9',
    500: '#9bb3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb3df;
$custom-light: #bac9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76414,
    "c": 0.06883,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB3DF

secondary

#EFE8DC

accent

#8927BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB3DF

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

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