#9CB4E2#9CB4E2

#9CB4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.071 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB4E2
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(219, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(219, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 2.35, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 25.84, 275.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0084 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.071 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7551, 45.1998, 78.3558)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB4E2 #E2CA9C

analogous

#9CD7E2 #9CB4E2 #A79CE2

triadic

#9CB4E2 #E29CB4 #B4E29C

tetradic

#9CB4E2 #E29CD7 #E2CA9C #9CE2A7

square

#9CB4E2 #E29CD7 #E2CA9C #9CE2A7

split-complementary

#9CB4E2 #E2A79C #D7E29C

monochromatic

#3D6CC6 #6D90D4 #9CB4E2 #CBD8F0 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9CB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#9CB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB4E2

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB4E2	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.071 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacaeb',
    500: '#9cb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb4e2;
$custom-light: #bacaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.429,
    "s": 54.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76809,
    "c": 0.07143,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB4E2

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#8C23C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB4E2

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

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