#9BB3FF#9BB3FF

#9BB3FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.112 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB3FF
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 255)
HSL	hsl(226, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(226, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 29.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, 10.13, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 41.47, 284.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% 0.0005 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.112 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6822, 46.4265, 101.0371)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB3FF #FFE79B

analogous

#9BE5FF #9BB3FF #B59BFF

triadic

#9BB3FF #FF9BB3 #B3FF9B

tetradic

#9BB3FF #FF9BE5 #FFE79B #9BFFB5

square

#9BB3FF #FF9BE5 #FFE79B #9BFFB5

split-complementary

#9BB3FF #FFB59B #E5FF9B

monochromatic

#2156FF #5E84FF #9BB3FF #D8E2FF #E0E8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9BB3FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#9BB3FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB3FF

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB3FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB3FF	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99BAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90B1FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BC2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb3ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.112 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc9ff',
    500: '#9bb3ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb3ff;
$custom-light: #bcc9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb3ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77786,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB3FF

secondary

#F7EFD4

accent

#AE00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121318

muted

#818286

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB3FF

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

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