#9BBAF0#9BBAF0

#9BBAF0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.085 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBAF0
RGB	rgb(155, 186, 240)
HSL	hsl(218, 74%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(218, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 22.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, 2.32, -30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 30.29, 274.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0127 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.085 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7999, 48.3755, 89.2927)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBAF0 #F0D19B

analogous

#9BE4F0 #9BBAF0 #A79BF0

triadic

#9BBAF0 #F09BBA #BAF09B

tetradic

#9BBAF0 #F09BE4 #F0D19B #9BF0A7

square

#9BBAF0 #F09BE4 #F0D19B #9BF0A7

split-complementary

#9BBAF0 #F0A79B #E4F09B

monochromatic

#3171E0 #6695E8 #9BBAF0 #D0DFF8 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9BBAF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#9BBAF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBAF0

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBAF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBAF0	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BDF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbaf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 186, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.085 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcef5',
    500: '#9bbaf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbaf0;
$custom-light: #bbcef5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbaf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.118,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78557,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBAF0

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8E0FD6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBAF0

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

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