#9BBCEE#9BBCEE

#9BBCEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.080 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBCEE
RGB	rgb(155, 188, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 0.72, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 28.43, 271.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0159 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.08 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9287, 49.1059, 87.8780)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBCEE #EECD9B

analogous

#9BE5EE #9BBCEE #A49BEE

triadic

#9BBCEE #EE9BBC #BCEE9B

tetradic

#9BBCEE #EE9BE5 #EECD9B #9BEEA4

square

#9BBCEE #EE9BE5 #EECD9B #9BEEA4

split-complementary

#9BBCEE #EEA49B #E5EE9B

monochromatic

#3276DC #6799E5 #9BBCEE #CFDFF7 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#9BBCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#9BBCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBCEE

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBCEE	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 188, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.080 258.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.145,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7889,
    "c": 0.08017,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBCEE

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8613D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBCEE

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

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