#9BBDEF#9BBDEF

#9BBDEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.081 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDEF
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 239)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, 0.43, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 28.50, 270.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0169 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.081 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2904, 49.5935, 88.7254)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDEF #EFCD9B

analogous

#9BE7EF #9BBDEF #A39BEF

triadic

#9BBDEF #EF9BBD #BDEF9B

tetradic

#9BBDEF #EF9BE7 #EFCD9B #9BEFA3

square

#9BBDEF #EF9BE7 #EFCD9B #9BEFA3

split-complementary

#9BBDEF #EFA39B #E7EF9B

monochromatic

#3177DE #669AE7 #9BBDEF #D0E0F7 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9BBDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#9BBDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDEF

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDEF	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81C8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.081 257.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.714,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79139,
    "c": 0.08058,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDEF

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8511D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDEF

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

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