#9BBFF8#9BBFF8

#9BBFF8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.090 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBFF8
RGB	rgb(155, 191, 248)
HSL	hsl(217, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(217, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 23%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, 1.66, -32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 32.06, 272.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0166 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.09 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0864, 51.0050, 96.0473)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBFF8 #F8D49B

analogous

#9BEEF8 #9BBFF8 #A69BF8

triadic

#9BBFF8 #F89BBF #BFF89B

tetradic

#9BBFF8 #F89BEE #F8D49B #9BF8A6

square

#9BBFF8 #F89BEE #F8D49B #9BF8A6

split-complementary

#9BBFF8 #F8A69B #EEF89B

monochromatic

#2976F0 #629AF4 #9BBFF8 #D4E4FC #E2EDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9BBFF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#9BBFF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBFF8

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBFF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBFF8	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B9F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DCBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 191, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.090 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd2fa',
    500: '#9bbff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbff8;
$custom-light: #bbd2fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.774,
    "s": 86.916,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79925,
    "c": 0.09032,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBFF8

secondary

#D8A95F

accent

#8C02E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBFF8

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

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