#9BBCEF#9BBCEF

#9BBCEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.081 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBCEF
RGB	rgb(155, 188, 239)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, 0.97, -28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 28.92, 271.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0156 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.081 259)
XYZ	xyz(47.0760, 49.1648, 88.6539)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBCEF #EFCE9B

analogous

#9BE6EF #9BBCEF #A49BEF

triadic

#9BBCEF #EF9BBC #BCEF9B

tetradic

#9BBCEF #EF9BE6 #EFCE9B #9BEFA4

square

#9BBCEF #EF9BE6 #EFCE9B #9BEFA4

split-complementary

#9BBCEF #EFA49B #E6EF9B

monochromatic

#3175DE #6699E7 #9BBCEF #D0DFF7 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#9BBCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#9BBCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBCEF

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBCEF	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 188, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.081 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0f4',
    500: '#9bbcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbcef;
$custom-light: #bbd0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.429,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78931,
    "c": 0.08145,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.49167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBCEF

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8811D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBCEF

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

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