#9CBCED#9CBCED

#9CBCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.078 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBCED
RGB	rgb(156, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, 0.74, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 27.85, 271.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0153 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.078 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9750, 49.1467, 87.1155)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBCED #EDCD9C

analogous

#9CE5ED #9CBCED #A59CED

triadic

#9CBCED #ED9CBC #BCED9C

tetradic

#9CBCED #ED9CE5 #EDCD9C #9CEDA5

square

#9CBCED #ED9CE5 #EDCD9C #9CEDA5

split-complementary

#9CBCED #EDA59C #E5ED9C

monochromatic

#3476DA #6899E4 #9CBCED #D0DFF6 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#9CBCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#9CBCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBCED

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBCED	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.078 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0f3',
    500: '#9cbced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbced;
$custom-light: #bbd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.296,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78914,
    "c": 0.0784,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBCED

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8714D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBCED

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

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