#9BC3FF#9BC3FF

#9BC3FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.096 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC3FF
RGB	rgb(155, 195, 255)
HSL	hsl(216, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(216, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 23.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, 1.32, -33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 33.75, 272.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0194 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.096 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0770, 53.2161, 102.1687)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC3FF #FFD79B

analogous

#9BF5FF #9BC3FF #A59BFF

triadic

#9BC3FF #FF9BC3 #C3FF9B

tetradic

#9BC3FF #FF9BF5 #FFD79B #9BFFA5

square

#9BC3FF #FF9BF5 #FFD79B #9BFFA5

split-complementary

#9BC3FF #FFA59B #F5FF9B

monochromatic

#217AFF #5E9EFF #9BC3FF #D8E8FF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#9BC3FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#9BC3FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC3FF

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC3FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC3FF	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BDFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79D0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc3ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 195, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.096 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd5ff',
    500: '#9bc3ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc3ff;
$custom-light: #bcd5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc3ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81046,
    "c": 0.09567,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC3FF

secondary

#E2AD5C

accent

#8A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC3FF

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

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