#9BBEF5#9BBEF5

#9BBEF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.087 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBEF5
RGB	rgb(155, 190, 245)
HSL	hsl(217, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(217, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, 1.43, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 31.01, 272.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0162 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.087 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4074, 50.3857, 93.5433)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBEF5 #F5D29B

analogous

#9BEBF5 #9BBEF5 #A59BF5

triadic

#9BBEF5 #F59BBE #BEF59B

tetradic

#9BBEF5 #F59BEB #F5D29B #9BF5A5

square

#9BBEF5 #F59BEB #F5D29B #9BF5A5

split-complementary

#9BBEF5 #F5A59B #EBF59B

monochromatic

#2C76EA #639AEF #9BBEF5 #D3E2FB #E3EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9BBEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#9BBEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBEF5

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBEF5	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC1F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B8F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ECAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 190, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.087 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd1f8',
    500: '#9bbef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbef5;
$custom-light: #bbd1f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79593,
    "c": 0.08737,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBEF5

secondary

#D4A760

accent

#8B07DE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBEF5

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

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