#9BBDFF#9BBDFF

#9BBDFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.101 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDFF
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(220, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(220, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 4.60, -36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 36.46, 277.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.012 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.101 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.7595, 50.5812, 101.7296)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDFF #FFDD9B

analogous

#9BEFFF #9BBDFF #AB9BFF

triadic

#9BBDFF #FF9BBD #BDFF9B

tetradic

#9BBDFF #FF9BEF #FFDD9B #9BFFAB

square

#9BBDFF #FF9BEF #FFDD9B #9BFFAB

split-complementary

#9BBDFF #FFAB9B #EFFF9B

monochromatic

#216CFF #5E95FF #9BBDFF #D8E5FF #E0EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9BBDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#9BBDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDFF

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDFF	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6C2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB8FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ACBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.101 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0ff',
    500: '#9bbdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbdff;
$custom-light: #bcd0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.6,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79813,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDFF

secondary

#E2B55C

accent

#9700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDFF

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

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