#9CBEEE#9CBEEE

#9CBEEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.078 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBEEE
RGB	rgb(156, 190, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(215, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -0.10, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 27.51, 269.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0175 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.078 257)
XYZ	xyz(47.5517, 50.0657, 88.0305)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBEEE #EECC9C

analogous

#9CE7EE #9CBEEE #A39CEE

triadic

#9CBEEE #EE9CBE #BEEE9C

tetradic

#9CBEEE #EE9CE7 #EECC9C #9CEEA3

square

#9CBEEE #EE9CE7 #EECC9C #9CEEA3

split-complementary

#9CBEEE #EEA39C #E7EE9C

monochromatic

#3479DC #689CE5 #9CBEEE #D0E0F7 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9CBEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#9CBEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBEEE

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBEEE	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82C8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 190, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.078 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd1f3',
    500: '#9cbeee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbeee;
$custom-light: #bbd1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.122,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7937,
    "c": 0.07796,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.50068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBEEE

secondary

#CBA064

accent

#8313D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBEEE

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

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