#9BB4E5#9BB4E5

#9BB4E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.076 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB4E5
RGB	rgb(155, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(220, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, 2.81, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 27.45, 275.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0084 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.076 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9775, 45.2665, 80.5337)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB4E5 #E5CC9B

analogous

#9BD9E5 #9BB4E5 #A79BE5

triadic

#9BB4E5 #E59BB4 #B4E59B

tetradic

#9BB4E5 #E59BD9 #E5CC9B #9BE5A7

square

#9BB4E5 #E59BD9 #E5CC9B #9BE5A7

split-complementary

#9BB4E5 #E5A79B #D9E59B

monochromatic

#3A6BCC #6A90D8 #9BB4E5 #CCD8F2 #E7EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9BB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#9BB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB4E5

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB4E5	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.076 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacaed',
    500: '#9bb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb4e5;
$custom-light: #bacaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.73,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76863,
    "c": 0.07585,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB4E5

secondary

#F0E9DB

accent

#8E1FC6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB4E5

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

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