#9BB4E9#9BB4E9

#9BB4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.081 H 264.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB4E9
RGB	rgb(155, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(221, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, 3.83, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 29.50, 277.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0072 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.081 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5425, 45.4924, 83.5090)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB4E9 #E9D09B

analogous

#9BDBE9 #9BB4E9 #A99BE9

triadic

#9BB4E9 #E99BB4 #B4E99B

tetradic

#9BB4E9 #E99BDB #E9D09B #9BE9A9

square

#9BB4E9 #E99BDB #E9D09B #9BE9A9

split-complementary

#9BB4E9 #E9A99B #DBE99B

monochromatic

#3769D3 #698EDE #9BB4E9 #CDDAF4 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9BB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#9BB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB4E9

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB4E9	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.081 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacaf0',
    500: '#9bb4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb4e9;
$custom-light: #bacaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.769,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77028,
    "c": 0.08123,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB4E9

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#931ACC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB4E9

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

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