#9BB5E3#9BB5E3

#9BB5E3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.072 H 261.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9BB5E3
RGBrgb(155, 181, 227)
HSLhsl(218, 56%, 75%)
HSVhsv(218, 32%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(31.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(73.26, 1.76, -25.93)
CIE-LCHlch(73.26, 25.99, 273.89°)
OKLaboklab(76.99% -0.0104 -0.0715)
OKLCHoklch(76.99% 0.072 261.7)
XYZxyz(43.9025, 45.5606, 79.1390)
Luminance0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9BB5E3 #E3C99B
analogous
#9BD9E3 #9BB5E3 #A59BE3
triadic
#9BB5E3 #E39BB5 #B5E39B
tetradic
#9BB5E3 #E39BD9 #E3C99B #9BE3A5
square
#9BB5E3 #E39BD9 #E3C99B #9BE3A5
split-complementary
#9BB5E3 #E3A59B #D9E39B
monochromatic
#3B6EC8 #6B92D6 #9BB5E3 #CBD8F0 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#9BB5E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11
#9BB5E3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB5E3
10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9BB5E3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9BB5E31.002.0810.1110.11
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1121.001.001.00
##00000010.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6B8E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EB1E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#86BEC4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9bb5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.072 261.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbec',
    500: '#9bb5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9bb5e3;
$custom-light: #bacbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9bb5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7699,
    "c": 0.07222,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9BB5E3
secondary
#F0E8DB
accent
#8922C4
background
#FBFCFE
surface
#F6F8FD
border
#D0D1D5
text
#121316
muted
#818284

Preview Lab

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#9BB5E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva