#9CB7DD#9CB7DD

#9CB7DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.062 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB7DD
RGB	rgb(156, 183, 221)
HSL	hsl(215, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -0.52, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 22.07, 268.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.014 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.062 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6912, 46.1537, 74.9991)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB7DD #DDC29C

analogous

#9CD8DD #9CB7DD #A29CDD

triadic

#9CB7DD #DD9CB7 #B7DD9C

tetradic

#9CB7DD #DD9CD8 #DDC29C #9CDDA2

square

#9CB7DD #DD9CD8 #DDC29C #9CDDA2

split-complementary

#9CB7DD #DDA29C #D8DD9C

monochromatic

#4175BE #6E96CD #9CB7DD #CAD8ED #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9CB7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#9CB7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB7DD

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB7DD	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 183, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.062 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacce7',
    500: '#9cb7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb7dd;
$custom-light: #bacce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.077,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77238,
    "c": 0.06221,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB7DD

secondary

#EEE7DD

accent

#7F29BC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB7DD

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

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