#9CBBED#9CBBED

#9CBBED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.079 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9CBBED
RGBrgb(156, 187, 237)
HSLhsl(217, 69%, 77%)
HSVhsv(217, 34%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(34.2%, 21.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(75.28, 1.28, -28.24)
CIE-LCHlch(75.28, 28.27, 272.60°)
OKLaboklab(78.71% -0.014 -0.078)
OKLCHoklch(78.71% 0.079 259.8)
XYZxyz(46.7621, 48.7209, 87.0445)
Luminance0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9CBBED #EDCE9C
analogous
#9CE4ED #9CBBED #A69CED
triadic
#9CBBED #ED9CBB #BBED9C
tetradic
#9CBBED #ED9CE4 #EDCE9C #9CEDA6
square
#9CBBED #ED9CE4 #EDCE9C #9CEDA6
split-complementary
#9CBBED #EDA69C #E4ED9C
monochromatic
#3474DA #6897E4 #9CBBED #D0DFF6 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95
#9CBBED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74
#9CBBED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBBED
10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9CBBED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9CBBED1.001.9510.7410.74
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7421.001.001.00
##00000010.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AABEEF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1B6EC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#83C5CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9cbbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 187, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.079 259.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcff3',
    500: '#9cbbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9cbbed;
$custom-light: #bbcff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9cbbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.037,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78706,
    "c": 0.07929,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9CBBED
secondary
#F2E8D9
accent
#8914D1
background
#FBFCFE
surface
#F6F9FD
border
#D0D2D5
text
#121317
muted
#818285

Preview Lab

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#9CBBED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva