#9BB4E1#9BB4E1

#9BB4E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.071 H 262.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB4E1
RGB	rgb(155, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(219, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(219, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, 1.81, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 25.42, 274.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0097 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.071 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4255, 45.0456, 77.6262)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB4E1 #E1C89B

analogous

#9BD7E1 #9BB4E1 #A59BE1

triadic

#9BB4E1 #E19BB4 #B4E19B

tetradic

#9BB4E1 #E19BD7 #E1C89B #9BE1A5

square

#9BB4E1 #E19BD7 #E1C89B #9BE1A5

split-complementary

#9BB4E1 #E1A59B #D7E19B

monochromatic

#3D6DC5 #6C91D3 #9BB4E1 #CAD7EF #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#9BB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#9BB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB4E1

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB4E1	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.071 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacaea',
    500: '#9bb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb4e1;
$custom-light: #bacaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76701,
    "c": 0.07054,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB4E1

secondary

#EFE8DC

accent

#8924C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB4E1

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

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