#9BB3EE#9BB3EE

#9BB3EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.089 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB3EE
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 238)
HSL	hsl(223, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(223, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, 5.66, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 32.57, 280.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0043 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.089 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0657, 45.3799, 87.2570)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB3EE #EED69B

analogous

#9BDCEE #9BB3EE #AD9BEE

triadic

#9BB3EE #EE9BB3 #B3EE9B

tetradic

#9BB3EE #EE9BDC #EED69B #9BEEAD

square

#9BB3EE #EE9BDC #EED69B #9BEEAD

split-complementary

#9BB3EE #EEAD9B #DCEE9B

monochromatic

#3263DC #678BE5 #9BB3EE #CFDBF7 #E5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9BB3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#9BB3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB3EE

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB3EE	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82BFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.089 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac9f3',
    500: '#9bb3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb3ee;
$custom-light: #bac9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.651,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77033,
    "c": 0.08907,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB3EE

secondary

#F2EBD9

accent

#9B13D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB3EE

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

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