#9CBDF3#9CBDF3

#9CBDF3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.085 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBDF3
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 243)
HSL	hsl(217, 78%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(217, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, 1.72, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 30.38, 273.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0146 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.085 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0806, 49.9319, 91.8811)
Luminance	0.4993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBDF3 #F3D29C

analogous

#9CE9F3 #9CBDF3 #A69CF3

triadic

#9CBDF3 #F39CBD #BDF39C

tetradic

#9CBDF3 #F39CE9 #F3D29C #9CF3A6

square

#9CBDF3 #F39CE9 #F3D29C #9CF3A6

split-complementary

#9CBDF3 #F3A69C #E9F39C

monochromatic

#2F74E6 #6599EC #9CBDF3 #D3E1FA #E4EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9CBDF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#9CBDF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBDF3

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBDF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBDF3	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAC0F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B8F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81C8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbdf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.085 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0f7',
    500: '#9cbdf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbdf3;
$custom-light: #bbd0f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbdf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79367,
    "c": 0.08523,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBDF3

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8C0BDB

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FE

border

#D0D2D6

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBDF3

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

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