#9BBDF4#9BBDF4

#9BBDF4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.087 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDF4
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 244)
HSL	hsl(217, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(217, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, 1.71, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 30.96, 273.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0153 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.087 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0393, 49.8931, 92.6695)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDF4 #F4D29B

analogous

#9BE9F4 #9BBDF4 #A59BF4

triadic

#9BBDF4 #F49BBD #BDF49B

tetradic

#9BBDF4 #F49BE9 #F4D29B #9BF4A5

square

#9BBDF4 #F49BE9 #F4D29B #9BF4A5

split-complementary

#9BBDF4 #F4A59B #E9F49B

monochromatic

#2D74E8 #6499EE #9BBDF4 #D2E1FA #E3EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9BBDF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#9BBDF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDF4

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDF4	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAC0F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B8F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FC9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.087 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0f8',
    500: '#9bbdf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbdf4;
$custom-light: #bbd0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.079,
    "s": 80.18,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79344,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDF4

secondary

#F4E9D7

accent

#8C09DD

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDF4

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

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