#9CBAEF#9CBAEF

#9CBAEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.083 H 261.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBAEF
RGB	rgb(156, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(218, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(218, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, 2.34, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 29.71, 274.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0121 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.083 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8445, 48.4156, 88.5215)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBAEF #EFD19C

analogous

#9CE4EF #9CBAEF #A79CEF

triadic

#9CBAEF #EF9CBA #BAEF9C

tetradic

#9CBAEF #EF9CE4 #EFD19C #9CEFA7

square

#9CBAEF #EF9CE4 #EFD19C #9CEFA7

split-complementary

#9CBAEF #EFA79C #E4EF9C

monochromatic

#3371DE #6795E6 #9CBAEF #D1DFF8 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9CBAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#9CBAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBAEF

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBAEF	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.083 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcef4',
    500: '#9cbaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbaef;
$custom-light: #bbcef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.313,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78581,
    "c": 0.08283,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBAEF

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8E11D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBAEF

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

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