#9BBEF0#9BBEF0

#9BBEF0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.081 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBEF0
RGB	rgb(155, 190, 240)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(215, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, 0.14, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 28.57, 270.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0178 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.081 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6544, 50.0845, 89.5775)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBEF0 #F0CD9B

analogous

#9BE9F0 #9BBEF0 #A29BF0

triadic

#9BBEF0 #F09BBE #BEF09B

tetradic

#9BBEF0 #F09BE9 #F0CD9B #9BF0A2

square

#9BBEF0 #F09BE9 #F0CD9B #9BF0A2

split-complementary

#9BBEF0 #F0A29B #E9F09B

monochromatic

#3179E0 #669BE8 #9BBEF0 #D0E1F8 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9BBEF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#9BBEF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBEF0

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBEF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBEF0	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80C9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbef0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 190, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.081 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd1f5',
    500: '#9bbef0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbef0;
$custom-light: #bbd1f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbef0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79388,
    "c": 0.08098,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBEF0

secondary

#CDA162

accent

#840FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBEF0

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

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