#9CB9EB#9CB9EB

#9CB9EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.079 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB9EB
RGB	rgb(156, 185, 235)
HSL	hsl(218, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(218, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, 1.87, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 28.15, 273.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.012 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.079 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0502, 47.7620, 85.3738)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB9EB #EBCE9C

analogous

#9CE1EB #9CB9EB #A79CEB

triadic

#9CB9EB #EB9CB9 #B9EB9C

tetradic

#9CB9EB #EB9CE1 #EBCE9C #9CEBA7

square

#9CB9EB #EB9CE1 #EBCE9C #9CEBA7

split-complementary

#9CB9EB #EBA79C #E1EB9C

monochromatic

#3671D6 #6995E1 #9CB9EB #CFDDF5 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9CB9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#9CB9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB9EB

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB9EB	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84C3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 185, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.079 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcdf1',
    500: '#9cb9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb9eb;
$custom-light: #bbcdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.975,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7821,
    "c": 0.07853,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB9EB

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8B17CE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB9EB

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

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