#9CB5FA#9CB5FA

#9CB5FA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.103 H 268.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB5FA
RGB	rgb(156, 181, 250)
HSL	hsl(224, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(224, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, 7.95, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 37.77, 282.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0024 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.103 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4843, 47.0156, 96.9969)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB5FA #FAE19C

analogous

#9CE4FA #9CB5FA #B29CFA

triadic

#9CB5FA #FA9CB5 #B5FA9C

tetradic

#9CB5FA #FA9CE4 #FAE19C #9CFAB2

square

#9CB5FA #FA9CE4 #FAE19C #9CFAB2

split-complementary

#9CB5FA #FAB29C #E4FA9C

monochromatic

#275EF4 #6289F7 #9CB5FA #D6E1FD #E2E9FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9CB5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#9CB5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB5FA

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB5FA	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBBFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B3F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FC3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 181, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.103 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccbfc',
    500: '#9cb5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb5fa;
$custom-light: #bccbfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.043,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78029,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB5FA

secondary

#F6EDD5

accent

#A800E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB5FA

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

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