#9BBEF8#9BBEF8

#9BBEF8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.091 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBEF8
RGB	rgb(155, 190, 248)
HSL	hsl(217, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(217, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 2.21, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 32.50, 273.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0153 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.091 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8691, 50.5704, 95.9748)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBEF8 #F8D59B

analogous

#9BEDF8 #9BBEF8 #A79BF8

triadic

#9BBEF8 #F89BBE #BEF89B

tetradic

#9BBEF8 #F89BED #F8D59B #9BF8A7

square

#9BBEF8 #F89BED #F8D59B #9BF8A7

split-complementary

#9BBEF8 #F8A79B #EDF89B

monochromatic

#2974F0 #6299F4 #9BBEF8 #D4E3FC #E2ECFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9BBEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#9BBEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBEF8

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBEF8	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAC1FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B9F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DCAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 190, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.091 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd1fa',
    500: '#9bbef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbef8;
$custom-light: #bbd1fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.419,
    "s": 86.916,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79718,
    "c": 0.09124,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBEF8

secondary

#D8AB5F

accent

#8F02E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBEF8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →