#9CB4E6#9CB4E6

#9CB4E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.077 H 264.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB4E6
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(221, 60%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, 3.35, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 27.89, 276.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0071 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.077 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3103, 45.4219, 81.2802)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB4E6 #E6CE9C

analogous

#9CD9E6 #9CB4E6 #A99CE6

triadic

#9CB4E6 #E69CB4 #B4E69C

tetradic

#9CB4E6 #E69CD9 #E6CE9C #9CE6A9

square

#9CB4E6 #E69CD9 #E6CE9C #9CE6A9

split-complementary

#9CB4E6 #E6A99C #D9E69C

monochromatic

#3A6ACD #6B8FDA #9CB4E6 #CDD9F2 #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9CB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#9CB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB4E6

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB4E6	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.077 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcaee',
    500: '#9cb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb4e6;
$custom-light: #bbcaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.541,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76971,
    "c": 0.07678,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB4E6

secondary

#F0E9DB

accent

#901EC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB4E6

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

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