#9BB5FF#9BB5FF

#9BB5FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.110 H 268.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB5FF
RGB	rgb(155, 181, 255)
HSL	hsl(224, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(224, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 29%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, 9.02, -39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 40.42, 282.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.002 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.11 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0859, 47.2340, 101.1717)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB5FF #FFE59B

analogous

#9BE7FF #9BB5FF #B39BFF

triadic

#9BB5FF #FF9BB5 #B5FF9B

tetradic

#9BB5FF #FF9BE7 #FFE59B #9BFFB3

square

#9BB5FF #FF9BE7 #FFE59B #9BFFB3

split-complementary

#9BB5FF #FFB39B #E7FF9B

monochromatic

#215AFF #5E88FF #9BB5FF #D8E2FF #E0E8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9BB5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#9BB5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB5FF

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB5FF	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CBCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B3FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BC4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.110 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccbff',
    500: '#9bb5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb5ff;
$custom-light: #bccbff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.4,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78188,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB5FF

secondary

#F7EED4

accent

#AA00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121318

muted

#818286

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB5FF

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

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