#9BB9FF#9BB9FF

#9BB9FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.106 H 266.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB9FF
RGB	rgb(155, 185, 255)
HSL	hsl(222, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(222, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 27.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, 6.80, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 38.40, 280.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.007 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.106 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9110, 48.8841, 101.4467)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB9FF #FFE19B

analogous

#9BEBFF #9BB9FF #AF9BFF

triadic

#9BB9FF #FF9BB9 #B9FF9B

tetradic

#9BB9FF #FF9BEB #FFE19B #9BFFAF

square

#9BB9FF #FF9BEB #FFE19B #9BFFAF

split-complementary

#9BB9FF #FFAF9B #EBFF9B

monochromatic

#2163FF #5E8EFF #9BB9FF #D8E4FF #E0EAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#9BB9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#9BB9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB9FF

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB9FF	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AC7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 185, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.106 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccdff',
    500: '#9bb9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb9ff;
$custom-light: #bccdff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78997,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB9FF

secondary

#F7EDD4

accent

#A100E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#121318

muted

#818286

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB9FF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →