#9BB8EA#9BB8EA

#9BB8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.079 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB8EA
RGB	rgb(155, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(218, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(218, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, 1.88, -28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 28.18, 273.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.012 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.079 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5049, 47.1881, 84.5365)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB8EA #EACD9B

analogous

#9BE0EA #9BB8EA #A69BEA

triadic

#9BB8EA #EA9BB8 #B8EA9B

tetradic

#9BB8EA #EA9BE0 #EACD9B #9BEAA6

square

#9BB8EA #EA9BE0 #EACD9B #9BEAA6

split-complementary

#9BB8EA #EAA69B #E0EA9B

monochromatic

#3670D5 #6894DF #9BB8EA #CEDCF5 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9BB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#9BB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB8EA

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB8EA	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83C2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.079 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacdf1',
    500: '#9bb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb8ea;
$custom-light: #bacdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.975,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77896,
    "c": 0.07861,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB8EA

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8B18CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB8EA

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

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