#9BBDED#9BBDED

#9BBDED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.078 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDED
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(215, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(215, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -0.08, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 27.53, 269.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0175 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.078 257)
XYZ	xyz(46.9966, 49.4760, 87.1779)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDED #EDCB9B

analogous

#9BE6ED #9BBDED #A29BED

triadic

#9BBDED #ED9BBD #BDED9B

tetradic

#9BBDED #ED9BE6 #EDCB9B #9BEDA2

square

#9BBDED #ED9BE6 #EDCB9B #9BEDA2

split-complementary

#9BBDED #EDA29B #E6ED9B

monochromatic

#3379DA #679BE4 #9BBDED #CFDFF6 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9BBDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#9BBDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDED

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDED	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.078 257.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.122,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79058,
    "c": 0.07803,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.49478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDED

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8314D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDED

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

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