#9BB4E2#9BB4E2

#9BB4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.072 H 262.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB4E2
RGB	rgb(155, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(219, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(219, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, 2.06, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 25.93, 274.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0094 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.072 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5623, 45.1004, 78.3467)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB4E2 #E2C99B

analogous

#9BD8E2 #9BB4E2 #A69BE2

triadic

#9BB4E2 #E29BB4 #B4E29B

tetradic

#9BB4E2 #E29BD8 #E2C99B #9BE2A6

square

#9BB4E2 #E29BD8 #E2C99B #9BE2A6

split-complementary

#9BB4E2 #E2A69B #D8E29B

monochromatic

#3C6DC6 #6C90D4 #9BB4E2 #CAD8F0 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#9BB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#9BB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB4E2

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB4E2	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.072 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacaeb',
    500: '#9bb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb4e2;
$custom-light: #bacaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.873,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76742,
    "c": 0.07186,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB4E2

secondary

#EFE8DC

accent

#8A23C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB4E2

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

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