#9BB5EE#9BB5EE

#9BB5EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.087 H 265.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB5EE
RGB	rgb(155, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(221, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(221, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, 4.55, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 31.60, 278.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0069 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.087 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4695, 46.1874, 87.3916)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB5EE #EED49B

analogous

#9BDEEE #9BB5EE #AB9BEE

triadic

#9BB5EE #EE9BB5 #B5EE9B

tetradic

#9BB5EE #EE9BDE #EED49B #9BEEAB

square

#9BB5EE #EE9BDE #EED49B #9BEEAB

split-complementary

#9BB5EE #EEAB9B #DEEE9B

monochromatic

#3268DC #678EE5 #9BB5EE #CFDCF7 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9BB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#9BB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB5EE

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB5EE	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82C1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.087 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbf3',
    500: '#9bb5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb5ee;
$custom-light: #bacbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.205,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77443,
    "c": 0.08693,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB5EE

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9713D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB5EE

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

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