#9CB2DA#9CB2DA

#9CB2DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.063 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB2DA
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(219, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(219, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 1.48, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 22.67, 273.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0084 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.063 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2820, 43.9692, 72.5752)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB2DA #DAC49C

analogous

#9CD1DA #9CB2DA #A59CDA

triadic

#9CB2DA #DA9CB2 #B2DA9C

tetradic

#9CB2DA #DA9CD1 #DAC49C #9CDAA5

square

#9CB2DA #DA9CD1 #DAC49C #9CDAA5

split-complementary

#9CB2DA #DAA59C #D1DA9C

monochromatic

#446DB7 #6F8FC9 #9CB2DA #C9D5EB #E9EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9CB2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#9CB2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB2DA

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB2DA	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BBABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.063 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac8e5',
    500: '#9cb2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb2da;
$custom-light: #bac8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.71,
    "s": 45.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76077,
    "c": 0.0627,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB2DA

secondary

#EEE8DD

accent

#872DB9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB2DA

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

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