#9BB4E7#9BB4E7

#9BB4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.079 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB4E7
RGB	rgb(155, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(220, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(220, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, 3.32, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 28.48, 276.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0078 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.079 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2584, 45.3788, 82.0128)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB4E7 #E7CE9B

analogous

#9BDAE7 #9BB4E7 #A89BE7

triadic

#9BB4E7 #E79BB4 #B4E79B

tetradic

#9BB4E7 #E79BDA #E7CE9B #9BE7A8

square

#9BB4E7 #E79BDA #E7CE9B #9BE7A8

split-complementary

#9BB4E7 #E7A89B #DAE79B

monochromatic

#386ACF #6A8FDB #9BB4E7 #CCD9F3 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9BB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#9BB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB4E7

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB4E7	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.079 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacaee',
    500: '#9bb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb4e7;
$custom-light: #bacaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.263,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76945,
    "c": 0.07854,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB4E7

secondary

#F0E9DB

accent

#901DC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB4E7

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

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