#9BBCF4#9BBCF4

#9BBCF4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.088 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBCF4
RGB	rgb(155, 188, 244)
HSL	hsl(218, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(218, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 23%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, 2.26, -31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 31.40, 274.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.014 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.088 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8249, 49.4644, 92.5980)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBCF4 #F4D39B

analogous

#9BE8F4 #9BBCF4 #A69BF4

triadic

#9BBCF4 #F49BBC #BCF49B

tetradic

#9BBCF4 #F49BE8 #F4D39B #9BF4A6

square

#9BBCF4 #F49BE8 #F4D39B #9BF4A6

split-complementary

#9BBCF4 #F4A69B #E8F49B

monochromatic

#2D72E8 #6497EE #9BBCF4 #D2E1FA #E3EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9BBCF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#9BBCF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBCF4

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBCF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBCF4	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BFF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB7F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FC8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbcf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 188, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.088 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0f8',
    500: '#9bbcf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbcf4;
$custom-light: #bbd0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbcf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.753,
    "s": 80.18,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79138,
    "c": 0.08792,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBCF4

secondary

#F4E9D7

accent

#8E09DD

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBCF4

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

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