#9BB9EA#9BB9EA

#9BB9EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.078 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB9EA
RGB	rgb(155, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(217, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(217, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, 1.34, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 27.74, 272.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0133 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.078 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7134, 47.6050, 84.6060)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB9EA #EACC9B

analogous

#9BE1EA #9BB9EA #A59BEA

triadic

#9BB9EA #EA9BB9 #B9EA9B

tetradic

#9BB9EA #EA9BE1 #EACC9B #9BEAA5

square

#9BB9EA #EA9BE1 #EACC9B #9BEAA5

split-complementary

#9BB9EA #EAA59B #E1EA9B

monochromatic

#3672D5 #6896DF #9BB9EA #CEDCF5 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#9BB9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#9BB9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB9EA

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB9EA	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.078 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacdf0',
    500: '#9bb9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb9ea;
$custom-light: #bacdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.215,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78104,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB9EA

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#8818CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB9EA

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

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