#9CBBEC#9CBBEC

#9CBBEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.078 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBBEC
RGB	rgb(156, 187, 236)
HSL	hsl(217, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(217, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, 1.03, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 27.78, 272.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0143 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.078 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6164, 48.6626, 86.2772)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBBEC #ECCD9C

analogous

#9CE3EC #9CBBEC #A59CEC

triadic

#9CBBEC #EC9CBB #BBEC9C

tetradic

#9CBBEC #EC9CE3 #ECCD9C #9CECA5

square

#9CBBEC #EC9CE3 #ECCD9C #9CECA5

split-complementary

#9CBBEC #ECA59C #E3EC9C

monochromatic

#3574D8 #6998E2 #9CBBEC #CFDEF6 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9CBBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#9CBBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBBEC

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBBEC	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)

#AABEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84C5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 187, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.078 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcff2',
    500: '#9cbbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbbec;
$custom-light: #bbcff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.75,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78666,
    "c": 0.078,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBBEC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8816D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBBEC

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

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