#9BBCED#9BBCED

#9BBCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.079 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBCED
RGB	rgb(155, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, 0.46, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 27.94, 270.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0162 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.079 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7822, 49.0473, 87.1064)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBCED #EDCC9B

analogous

#9BE5ED #9BBCED #A39BED

triadic

#9BBCED #ED9BBC #BCED9B

tetradic

#9BBCED #ED9BE5 #EDCC9B #9BEDA3

square

#9BBCED #ED9BE5 #EDCC9B #9BEDA3

split-complementary

#9BBCED #EDA39B #E5ED9B

monochromatic

#3377DA #6799E4 #9BBCED #CFDFF6 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#9BBCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#9BBCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBCED

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBCED	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.079 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0f3',
    500: '#9bbced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbced;
$custom-light: #bad0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.854,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7885,
    "c": 0.07889,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBCED

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8514D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBCED

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

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