#9BB5F9#9BB5F9

#9BB5F9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.102 H 267.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB5F9
RGB	rgb(155, 181, 249)
HSL	hsl(223, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(223, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 27.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, 7.42, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 37.30, 281.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0037 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.102 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1351, 46.8537, 96.1642)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB5F9 #F9DF9B

analogous

#9BE4F9 #9BB5F9 #B09BF9

triadic

#9BB5F9 #F99BB5 #B5F99B

tetradic

#9BB5F9 #F99BE4 #F9DF9B #9BF9B0

square

#9BB5F9 #F99BE4 #F9DF9B #9BF9B0

split-complementary

#9BB5F9 #F9B09B #E4F99B

monochromatic

#2860F2 #618AF6 #9BB5F9 #D5E0FC #E2EAFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9BB5F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#9BB5F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB5F9

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB5F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB5F9	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBBFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B2F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DC3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb5f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.102 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcbfb',
    500: '#9bb5f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb5f9;
$custom-light: #bbcbfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb5f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.404,
    "s": 88.679,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77919,
    "c": 0.10183,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB5F9

secondary

#F5EDD6

accent

#A600E5

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB5F9

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

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