#9CBDED#9CBDED

#9CBDED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.078 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBDED
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, 0.19, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 27.43, 270.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0165 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.078 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1893, 49.5754, 87.1869)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBDED #EDCC9C

analogous

#9CE5ED #9CBDED #A49CED

triadic

#9CBDED #ED9CBD #BDED9C

tetradic

#9CBDED #ED9CE5 #EDCC9C #9CEDA4

square

#9CBDED #ED9CE5 #EDCC9C #9CEDA4

split-complementary

#9CBDED #EDA49C #E5ED9C

monochromatic

#3478DA #689AE4 #9CBDED #D0E0F6 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9CBDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#9CBDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBDED

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBDED	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.078 257.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.556,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79122,
    "c": 0.07754,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBDED

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8414D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBDED

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

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