#9BBAFF#9BBAFF

#9BBAFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.104 H 265.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBAFF
RGB	rgb(155, 186, 255)
HSL	hsl(221, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(221, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, 6.25, -37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 37.90, 279.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0082 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.104 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1209, 49.3039, 101.5167)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBAFF #FFE09B

analogous

#9BECFF #9BBAFF #AE9BFF

triadic

#9BBAFF #FF9BBA #BAFF9B

tetradic

#9BBAFF #FF9BEC #FFE09B #9BFFAE

square

#9BBAFF #FF9BEC #FFE09B #9BFFAE

split-complementary

#9BBAFF #FFAE9B #ECFF9B

monochromatic

#2166FF #5E90FF #9BBAFF #D8E4FF #E0EAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9BBAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#9BBAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBAFF

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBAFF	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AC8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 186, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.104 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcceff',
    500: '#9bbaff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbaff;
$custom-light: #bcceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.4,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79201,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBAFF

secondary

#F7ECD4

accent

#9E00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#121318

muted

#818286

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBAFF

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

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