#9BBEF9#9BBEF9

#9BBEF9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.093 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBEF9
RGB	rgb(155, 190, 249)
HSL	hsl(218, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(218, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 23.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, 2.47, -32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 32.99, 274.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.015 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.093 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0246, 50.6326, 96.7941)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBEF9 #F9D69B

analogous

#9BEDF9 #9BBEF9 #A79BF9

triadic

#9BBEF9 #F99BBE #BEF99B

tetradic

#9BBEF9 #F99BED #F9D69B #9BF9A7

square

#9BBEF9 #F99BED #F9D69B #9BF9A7

split-complementary

#9BBEF9 #F9A79B #EDF99B

monochromatic

#2873F2 #6198F6 #9BBEF9 #D5E4FC #E2ECFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9BBEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#9BBEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBEF9

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBEF9	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C2FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB9F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CCAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 190, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.093 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd1fb',
    500: '#9bbef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbef9;
$custom-light: #bbd1fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.66,
    "s": 88.679,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79761,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBEF9

secondary

#D9AC5F

accent

#9000E5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBEF9

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

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