#9BB9EE#9BB9EE

#9BB9EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.083 H 261.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB9EE
RGB	rgb(155, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(218, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(218, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, 2.35, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 29.74, 274.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0121 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.083 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2945, 47.8375, 87.6666)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB9EE #EED09B

analogous

#9BE3EE #9BB9EE #A79BEE

triadic

#9BB9EE #EE9BB9 #B9EE9B

tetradic

#9BB9EE #EE9BE3 #EED09B #9BEEA7

square

#9BB9EE #EE9BE3 #EED09B #9BEEA7

split-complementary

#9BB9EE #EEA79B #E3EE9B

monochromatic

#3270DC #6794E5 #9BB9EE #CFDEF7 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9BB9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#9BB9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB9EE

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB9EE	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82C4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.083 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacdf3',
    500: '#9bb9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb9ee;
$custom-light: #bacdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.313,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78268,
    "c": 0.08291,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB9EE

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8D13D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB9EE

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

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