#9BB5DD#9BB5DD

#9BB5DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.064 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB5DD
RGB	rgb(155, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(216, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, 0.28, -22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 22.99, 270.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0124 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.064 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0888, 45.2351, 74.8535)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB5DD #DDC39B

analogous

#9BD6DD #9BB5DD #A29BDD

triadic

#9BB5DD #DD9BB5 #B5DD9B

tetradic

#9BB5DD #DD9BD6 #DDC39B #9BDDA2

square

#9BB5DD #DD9BD6 #DDC39B #9BDDA2

split-complementary

#9BB5DD #DDA29B #D6DD9B

monochromatic

#4072BD #6D93CD #9BB5DD #C9D7ED #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9BB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#9BB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB5DD

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB5DD	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)

#A7B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.064 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbe7',
    500: '#9bb5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb5dd;
$custom-light: #bacbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.364,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76752,
    "c": 0.06439,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB5DD

secondary

#EEE7DD

accent

#8229BD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB5DD

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

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