#9CBBFF#9CBBFF

#9CBBFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.103 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBBFF
RGB	rgb(156, 187, 255)
HSL	hsl(221, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(221, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 26.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, 5.96, -36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 37.36, 279.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0085 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.103 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5251, 49.8261, 101.5962)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBBFF #FFE09C

analogous

#9CECFF #9CBBFF #AE9CFF

triadic

#9CBBFF #FF9CBB #BBFF9C

tetradic

#9CBBFF #FF9CEC #FFE09C #9CFFAE

square

#9CBBFF #FF9CEC #FFE09C #9CFFAE

split-complementary

#9CBBFF #FFAE9C #ECFF9C

monochromatic

#2267FF #5F91FF #9CBBFF #D9E5FF #E0EAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9CBBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#9CBBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBBFF

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBBFF	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4C0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB7FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CC9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 187, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.103 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccfff',
    500: '#9cbbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbbff;
$custom-light: #bccfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.212,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79468,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBBFF

secondary

#F7ECD4

accent

#9E00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#121318

muted

#818286

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBBFF

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

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