#9CB2EB#9CB2EB

#9CB2EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.086 H 268.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB2EB
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 235)
HSL	hsl(223, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(223, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, 5.72, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 31.45, 280.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0029 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.086 268)
XYZ	xyz(44.6217, 44.9051, 84.8976)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB2EB #EBD59C

analogous

#9CDAEB #9CB2EB #AE9CEB

triadic

#9CB2EB #EB9CB2 #B2EB9C

tetradic

#9CB2EB #EB9CDA #EBD59C #9CEBAE

square

#9CB2EB #EB9CDA #EBD59C #9CEBAE

split-complementary

#9CB2EB #EBAE9C #DAEB9C

monochromatic

#3663D6 #698AE1 #9CB2EB #CFDAF5 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#9CB2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#9CB2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB2EB

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB2EB	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85BDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.086 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc8f1',
    500: '#9cb2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb2eb;
$custom-light: #bbc8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.291,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76768,
    "c": 0.0857,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.44907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB2EB

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9B17CE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB2EB

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

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