#9BBCF5#9BBCF5

#9BBCF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.089 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBCF5
RGB	rgb(155, 188, 245)
HSL	hsl(218, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(218, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, 2.52, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 31.89, 274.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0137 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.089 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9772, 49.5253, 93.3999)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBCF5 #F5D49B

analogous

#9BE9F5 #9BBCF5 #A79BF5

triadic

#9BBCF5 #F59BBC #BCF59B

tetradic

#9BBCF5 #F59BE9 #F5D49B #9BF5A7

square

#9BBCF5 #F59BE9 #F5D49B #9BF5A7

split-complementary

#9BBCF5 #F5A79B #E9F59B

monochromatic

#2C71EA #6397EF #9BBCF5 #D3E1FB #E3ECFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9BBCF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#9BBCF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBCF5

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBCF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBCF5	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BFF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB7F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EC8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbcf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 188, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.089 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0f8',
    500: '#9bbcf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbcf5;
$custom-light: #bbd0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbcf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79179,
    "c": 0.08922,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBCF5

secondary

#F4E9D7

accent

#8F07DE

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBCF5

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

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