#9CBEF3#9CBEF3

#9CBEF3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.084 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBEF3
RGB	rgb(156, 190, 243)
HSL	hsl(217, 78%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(217, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, 1.18, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 29.94, 272.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0159 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.084 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2965, 50.3636, 91.9530)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBEF3 #F3D19C

analogous

#9CE9F3 #9CBEF3 #A59CF3

triadic

#9CBEF3 #F39CBE #BEF39C

tetradic

#9CBEF3 #F39CE9 #F3D19C #9CF3A5

square

#9CBEF3 #F39CE9 #F3D19C #9CF3A5

split-complementary

#9CBEF3 #F3A59C #E9F39C

monochromatic

#2F76E6 #659AEC #9CBEF3 #D3E2FA #E4EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9CBEF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#9CBEF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBEF3

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBEF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBEF3	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC1F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B8F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80C9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbef3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 190, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.084 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd1f7',
    500: '#9cbef3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbef3;
$custom-light: #bbd1f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbef3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.552,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79574,
    "c": 0.08433,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBEF3

secondary

#D1A662

accent

#890BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBEF3

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

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