#9BBDF5#9BBDF5

#9BBDF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.088 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDF5
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 245)
HSL	hsl(217, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(217, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, 1.97, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 31.45, 273.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.015 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.088 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1915, 49.9540, 93.4713)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDF5 #F5D39B

analogous

#9BEAF5 #9BBDF5 #A69BF5

triadic

#9BBDF5 #F59BBD #BDF59B

tetradic

#9BBDF5 #F59BEA #F5D39B #9BF5A6

square

#9BBDF5 #F59BEA #F5D39B #9BF5A6

split-complementary

#9BBDF5 #F5A69B #EAF59B

monochromatic

#2C74EA #6398EF #9BBDF5 #D3E2FB #E3EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9BBDF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#9BBDF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDF5

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDF5	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C0F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B8F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EC9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.088 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0f8',
    500: '#9bbdf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbdf5;
$custom-light: #bbd0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.333,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79386,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDF5

secondary

#F4E9D7

accent

#8D07DE

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDF5

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

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