#9BB4E4#9BB4E4

#9BB4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.075 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB4E4
RGB	rgb(155, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(219, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(219, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, 2.56, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 26.94, 275.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0088 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.075 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8383, 45.2108, 79.8005)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB4E4 #E4CB9B

analogous

#9BD8E4 #9BB4E4 #A69BE4

triadic

#9BB4E4 #E49BB4 #B4E49B

tetradic

#9BB4E4 #E49BD8 #E4CB9B #9BE4A6

square

#9BB4E4 #E49BD8 #E4CB9B #9BE4A6

split-complementary

#9BB4E4 #E4A69B #D8E49B

monochromatic

#3B6CCA #6B90D7 #9BB4E4 #CBD8F1 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9BB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#9BB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB4E4

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB4E4	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.075 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacaec',
    500: '#9bb4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb4e4;
$custom-light: #bacaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.452,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76822,
    "c": 0.07452,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB4E4

secondary

#F0E9DB

accent

#8D20C5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB4E4

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

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