#9CB9FA#9CB9FA

#9CB9FA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.098 H 265.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB9FA
RGB	rgb(156, 185, 250)
HSL	hsl(221, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(221, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 26%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, 5.74, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 35.77, 279.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0074 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.098 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3093, 48.6657, 97.2719)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB9FA #FADD9C

analogous

#9CE8FA #9CB9FA #AE9CFA

triadic

#9CB9FA #FA9CB9 #B9FA9C

tetradic

#9CB9FA #FA9CE8 #FADD9C #9CFAAE

square

#9CB9FA #FA9CE8 #FADD9C #9CFAAE

split-complementary

#9CB9FA #FAAE9C #E8FA9C

monochromatic

#2767F4 #6290F7 #9CB9FA #D6E2FD #E2EAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9CB9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#9CB9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB9FA

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB9FA	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BEFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB5F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EC6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 185, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.098 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccdfc',
    500: '#9cb9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb9fa;
$custom-light: #bccdfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.489,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78842,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB9FA

secondary

#F6ECD5

accent

#9F00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB9FA

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

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