#9BBFFF#9BBFFF

#9BBFFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.099 H 261.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBFFF
RGB	rgb(155, 191, 255)
HSL	hsl(218, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(218, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 25.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, 3.50, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 35.53, 275.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0144 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.099 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1927, 51.4476, 101.8740)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBFFF #FFDB9B

analogous

#9BF1FF #9BBFFF #A99BFF

triadic

#9BBFFF #FF9BBF #BFFF9B

tetradic

#9BBFFF #FF9BF1 #FFDB9B #9BFFA9

square

#9BBFFF #FF9BF1 #FFDB9B #9BFFA9

split-complementary

#9BBFFF #FFA99B #F1FF9B

monochromatic

#2171FF #5E98FF #9BBFFF #D8E6FF #E0EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9BBFFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#9BBFFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBFFF

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBFFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBFFF	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EBAFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79CCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbfff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 191, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.099 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd2ff',
    500: '#9bbfff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbfff;
$custom-light: #bcd2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbfff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.4,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80222,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBFFF

secondary

#E2B25C

accent

#9300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBFFF

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

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