#9CB4ED#9CB4ED

#9CB4ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.086 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB4ED
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 237)
HSL	hsl(222, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(222, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 24.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, 5.12, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 31.50, 279.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0049 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.086 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3131, 45.8230, 86.5615)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB4ED #EDD59C

analogous

#9CDDED #9CB4ED #AD9CED

triadic

#9CB4ED #ED9CB4 #B4ED9C

tetradic

#9CB4ED #ED9CDD #EDD59C #9CEDAD

square

#9CB4ED #ED9CDD #EDD59C #9CEDAD

split-complementary

#9CB4ED #EDAD9C #DDED9C

monochromatic

#3466DA #688DE4 #9CB4ED #D0DBF6 #E5EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#9CB4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#9CB4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB4ED

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB4ED	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84BFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.086 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcaf3',
    500: '#9cb4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb4ed;
$custom-light: #bbcaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.222,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77262,
    "c": 0.08625,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB4ED

secondary

#F2EBD9

accent

#9914D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB4ED

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

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