#9CBBEE#9CBBEE

#9CBBEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.081 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBBEE
RGB	rgb(156, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(217, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, 1.54, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 28.77, 273.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0137 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.081 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9086, 48.7795, 87.8161)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBBEE #EECF9C

analogous

#9CE4EE #9CBBEE #A69CEE

triadic

#9CBBEE #EE9CBB #BBEE9C

tetradic

#9CBBEE #EE9CE4 #EECF9C #9CEEA6

square

#9CBBEE #EE9CE4 #EECF9C #9CEEA6

split-complementary

#9CBBEE #EEA69C #E4EE9C

monochromatic

#3473DC #6897E5 #9CBBEE #D0DFF7 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#9CBBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#9CBBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBBEE

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBBEE	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.081 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcff3',
    500: '#9cbbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbbee;
$custom-light: #bbcff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.317,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78747,
    "c": 0.08059,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBBEE

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8A13D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBBEE

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

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