#9CB3F8#9CB3F8

#9CB3F8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.102 H 269.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB3F8
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 248)
HSL	hsl(225, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(225, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, 8.53, -36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 37.75, 283.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0004 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.102 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7686, 46.0834, 95.2195)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB3F8 #F8E19C

analogous

#9CE1F8 #9CB3F8 #B39CF8

triadic

#9CB3F8 #F89CB3 #B3F89C

tetradic

#9CB3F8 #F89CE1 #F8E19C #9CF8B3

square

#9CB3F8 #F89CE1 #F8E19C #9CF8B3

split-complementary

#9CB3F8 #F8B39C #E1F89C

monochromatic

#2A5BF0 #6387F4 #9CB3F8 #D5DFFC #E2E9FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9CB3F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#9CB3F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB3F8

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB3F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB3F8	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB9FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B1F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80C1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb3f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.102 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc9fa',
    500: '#9cb3f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb3f8;
$custom-light: #bcc9fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb3f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 86.792,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77536,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB3F8

secondary

#F5EDD6

accent

#AB02E3

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB3F8

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

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