#9CB8EA#9CB8EA

#9CB8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.078 H 261.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB8EA
RGB	rgb(156, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(218, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(218, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, 2.16, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 28.09, 274.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0111 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.078 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6977, 47.2875, 84.5455)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB8EA #EACE9C

analogous

#9CDFEA #9CB8EA #A79CEA

triadic

#9CB8EA #EA9CB8 #B8EA9C

tetradic

#9CB8EA #EA9CDF #EACE9C #9CEAA7

square

#9CB8EA #EA9CDF #EACE9C #9CEAA7

split-complementary

#9CB8EA #EAA79C #DFEA9C

monochromatic

#3770D5 #6A94DF #9CB8EA #CEDCF5 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9CB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#9CB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB8EA

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB8EA	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.078 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcdf1',
    500: '#9cb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb8ea;
$custom-light: #bbcdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77962,
    "c": 0.07817,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB8EA

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8C19CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB8EA

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

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