#9CB2EA#9CB2EA

#9CB2EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.084 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB2EA
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 234)
HSL	hsl(223, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(223, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, 5.46, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 30.93, 280.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0032 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.084 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4776, 44.8475, 84.1389)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB2EA #EAD49C

analogous

#9CD9EA #9CB2EA #AD9CEA

triadic

#9CB2EA #EA9CB2 #B2EA9C

tetradic

#9CB2EA #EA9CD9 #EAD49C #9CEAAD

square

#9CB2EA #EA9CD9 #EAD49C #9CEAAD

split-complementary

#9CB2EA #EAAD9C #D9EA9C

monochromatic

#3763D5 #6A8BDF #9CB2EA #CED9F5 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#9CB2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#9CB2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB2EA

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB2EA	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.084 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc8f1',
    500: '#9cb2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb2ea;
$custom-light: #bbc8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.077,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76726,
    "c": 0.08433,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB2EA

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9A19CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB2EA

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

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