#9BBBEE#9BBBEE

#9BBBEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.081 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBBEE
RGB	rgb(155, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(217, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, 1.26, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 28.86, 272.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0146 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.081 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7158, 48.6801, 87.8071)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBBEE #EECE9B

analogous

#9BE5EE #9BBBEE #A59BEE

triadic

#9BBBEE #EE9BBB #BBEE9B

tetradic

#9BBBEE #EE9BE5 #EECE9B #9BEEA5

square

#9BBBEE #EE9BE5 #EECE9B #9BEEA5

split-complementary

#9BBBEE #EEA59B #E5EE9B

monochromatic

#3274DC #6797E5 #9BBBEE #CFDFF7 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9BBBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#9BBBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBBEE

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBBEE	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.081 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacff3',
    500: '#9bbbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbbee;
$custom-light: #bacff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.867,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78682,
    "c": 0.08105,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBBEE

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8913D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBBEE

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

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