#9CBCFF#9CBCFF

#9CBCFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.102 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBCFF
RGB	rgb(156, 188, 255)
HSL	hsl(221, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(221, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 26.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, 5.41, -36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 36.87, 278.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0098 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.102 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7379, 50.2519, 101.6672)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBCFF #FFDF9C

analogous

#9CEDFF #9CBCFF #AD9CFF

triadic

#9CBCFF #FF9CBC #BCFF9C

tetradic

#9CBCFF #FF9CED #FFDF9C #9CFFAD

square

#9CBCFF #FF9CED #FFDF9C #9CFFAD

split-complementary

#9CBCFF #FFAD9C #EDFF9C

monochromatic

#2269FF #5F93FF #9CBCFF #D9E5FF #E0EAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9CBCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#9CBCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBCFF

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBCFF	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB8FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CCAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 188, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.102 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0ff',
    500: '#9cbcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbcff;
$custom-light: #bcd0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.606,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79671,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBCFF

secondary

#E2B75D

accent

#9B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121318

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBCFF

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

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