#9CBBEF#9CBBEF

#9CBBEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.082 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBBEF
RGB	rgb(156, 187, 239)
HSL	hsl(218, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(218, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, 1.79, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 29.27, 273.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0133 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.082 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0559, 48.8385, 88.5920)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBBEF #EFD09C

analogous

#9CE5EF #9CBBEF #A69CEF

triadic

#9CBBEF #EF9CBB #BBEF9C

tetradic

#9CBBEF #EF9CE5 #EFD09C #9CEFA6

square

#9CBBEF #EF9CE5 #EFD09C #9CEFA6

split-complementary

#9CBBEF #EFA69C #E5EF9C

monochromatic

#3373DE #6797E6 #9CBBEF #D1DFF8 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#9CBBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#9CBBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBBEF

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBBEF	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82C6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 187, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.082 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcff4',
    500: '#9cbbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbbef;
$custom-light: #bbcff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.59,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78788,
    "c": 0.08188,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBBEF

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8B11D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBBEF

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

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