#9DADE2#9DADE2

#9DADE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.079 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DADE2
RGB	rgb(157, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(226, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(226, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, 6.50, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 29.19, 282.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.0019 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.079 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5718, 42.5448, 77.9057)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DADE2 #E2D29D

analogous

#9DCFE2 #9DADE2 #AF9DE2

triadic

#9DADE2 #E29DAD #ADE29D

tetradic

#9DADE2 #E29DCF #E2D29D #9DE2AF

square

#9DADE2 #E29DCF #E2D29D #9DE2AF

split-complementary

#9DADE2 #E2AF9D #CFE29D

monochromatic

#3F5EC6 #6E85D4 #9DADE2 #CCD5F0 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#9DADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#9DADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DADE2

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DADE2	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AB7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.079 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc5eb',
    500: '#9dade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dade2;
$custom-light: #bbc5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.087,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75438,
    "c": 0.07863,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DADE2

secondary

#EFEBDC

accent

#9D24C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DADE2

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

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