#9CBEFF#9CBEFF

#9CBEFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.100 H 263.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBEFF
RGB	rgb(156, 190, 255)
HSL	hsl(219, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(219, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 25.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, 4.31, -35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 35.92, 276.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0122 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.1 263)
XYZ	xyz(50.1682, 51.1123, 101.8106)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBEFF #FFDD9C

analogous

#9CEFFF #9CBEFF #AB9CFF

triadic

#9CBEFF #FF9CBE #BEFF9C

tetradic

#9CBEFF #FF9CEF #FFDD9C #9CFFAB

square

#9CBEFF #FF9CEF #FFDD9C #9CFFAB

split-complementary

#9CBEFF #FFAB9C #EFFF9C

monochromatic

#226EFF #5F96FF #9CBEFF #D9E6FF #E0EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9CBEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#9CBEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBEFF

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBEFF	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7C2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BCCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 190, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.100 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd1ff',
    500: '#9cbeff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbeff;
$custom-light: #bcd1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.394,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8008,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.51115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBEFF

secondary

#E2B55D

accent

#9700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBEFF

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

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