#9BBEEF#9BBEEF

#9BBEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.080 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBEEF
RGB	rgb(155, 190, 239)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(215, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -0.11, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 28.09, 269.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0181 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.08 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5062, 50.0252, 88.7973)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBEEF #EFCC9B

analogous

#9BE8EF #9BBEEF #A29BEF

triadic

#9BBEEF #EF9BBE #BEEF9B

tetradic

#9BBEEF #EF9BE8 #EFCC9B #9BEFA2

square

#9BBEEF #EF9BE8 #EFCC9B #9BEFA2

split-complementary

#9BBEEF #EFA29B #E8EF9B

monochromatic

#3179DE #669CE7 #9BBEEF #D0E0F7 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9BBEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#9BBEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBEEF

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBEEF	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81C9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 190, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.080 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd1f4',
    500: '#9bbeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbeef;
$custom-light: #bbd1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79347,
    "c": 0.07972,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBEEF

secondary

#CCA062

accent

#8311D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBEEF

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

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