#9CB6EB#9CB6EB

#9CB6EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.081 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB6EB
RGB	rgb(156, 182, 235)
HSL	hsl(220, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(220, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 22.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, 3.51, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 29.52, 276.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0081 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.081 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4292, 46.5201, 85.1668)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB6EB #EBD19C

analogous

#9CDEEB #9CB6EB #AA9CEB

triadic

#9CB6EB #EB9CB6 #B6EB9C

tetradic

#9CB6EB #EB9CDE #EBD19C #9CEBAA

square

#9CB6EB #EB9CDE #EBD19C #9CEBAA

split-complementary

#9CB6EB #EBAA9C #DEEB9C

monochromatic

#366BD6 #6990E1 #9CB6EB #CFDCF5 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9CB6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#9CB6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB6EB

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB6EB	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 182, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.081 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcbf1',
    500: '#9cb6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb6eb;
$custom-light: #bbcbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.253,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7759,
    "c": 0.08146,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB6EB

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9217CE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB6EB

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

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