#9CB4E4#9CB4E4

#9CB4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.074 H 264.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB4E4
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(220, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, 2.85, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 26.87, 276.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0078 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.074 264)
XYZ	xyz(44.0311, 45.3102, 79.8095)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB4E4 #E4CC9C

analogous

#9CD8E4 #9CB4E4 #A89CE4

triadic

#9CB4E4 #E49CB4 #B4E49C

tetradic

#9CB4E4 #E49CD8 #E4CC9C #9CE4A8

square

#9CB4E4 #E49CD8 #E4CC9C #9CE4A8

split-complementary

#9CB4E4 #E4A89C #D8E49C

monochromatic

#3C6BCA #6C90D7 #9CB4E4 #CCD8F1 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9CB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#9CB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB4E4

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB4E4	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.074 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcaec',
    500: '#9cb4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb4e4;
$custom-light: #bbcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7689,
    "c": 0.0741,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.45312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB4E4

secondary

#F0E9DB

accent

#8E21C5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB4E4

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

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