#9CB4E7#9CB4E7

#9CB4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.078 H 265.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB4E7
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(221, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, 3.60, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 28.40, 277.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0068 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.078 265)
XYZ	xyz(44.4512, 45.4782, 82.0219)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB4E7 #E7CF9C

analogous

#9CD9E7 #9CB4E7 #A99CE7

triadic

#9CB4E7 #E79CB4 #B4E79C

tetradic

#9CB4E7 #E79CD9 #E7CF9C #9CE7A9

square

#9CB4E7 #E79CD9 #E7CF9C #9CE7A9

split-complementary

#9CB4E7 #E7A99C #D9E79C

monochromatic

#3969CF #6B8FDB #9CB4E7 #CDD9F3 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9CB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#9CB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB4E7

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB4E7	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.078 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcaee',
    500: '#9cb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb4e7;
$custom-light: #bbcaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.8,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77012,
    "c": 0.07813,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.4548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB4E7

secondary

#F0E9DB

accent

#921DC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB4E7

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

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