#9CBDEC#9CBDEC

#9CBDEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.076 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBDEC
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(215, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(215, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -0.06, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 26.95, 269.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0169 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.076 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0436, 49.5171, 86.4196)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBDEC #ECCB9C

analogous

#9CE5EC #9CBDEC #A39CEC

triadic

#9CBDEC #EC9CBD #BDEC9C

tetradic

#9CBDEC #EC9CE5 #ECCB9C #9CECA3

square

#9CBDEC #EC9CE5 #ECCB9C #9CECA3

split-complementary

#9CBDEC #ECA39C #E5EC9C

monochromatic

#3579D8 #699BE2 #9CBDEC #CFDFF6 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9CBDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#9CBDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBDEC

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBDEC	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.076 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0f2',
    500: '#9cbdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbdec;
$custom-light: #bbd0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.25,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79082,
    "c": 0.07627,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBDEC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8316D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBDEC

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

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