#9BB5EB#9BB5EB

#9BB5EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.083 H 264.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB5EB
RGB	rgb(155, 181, 235)
HSL	hsl(221, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, 3.78, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 30.06, 277.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0078 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.083 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0324, 46.0126, 85.0897)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB5EB #EBD19B

analogous

#9BDDEB #9BB5EB #A99BEB

triadic

#9BB5EB #EB9BB5 #B5EB9B

tetradic

#9BB5EB #EB9BDD #EBD19B #9BEBA9

square

#9BB5EB #EB9BDD #EBD19B #9BEBA9

split-complementary

#9BB5EB #EBA99B #DDEB9B

monochromatic

#356AD7 #688FE1 #9BB5EB #CEDBF5 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9BB5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#9BB5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB5EB

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB5EB	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.083 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbf1',
    500: '#9bb5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb5eb;
$custom-light: #bacbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77317,
    "c": 0.08288,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB5EB

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9317CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB5EB

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

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