#9DB3DA#9DB3DA

#9DB3DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.061 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB3DA
RGB	rgb(157, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(218, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(218, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 1.23, -22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 22.14, 273.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0087 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.061 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6761, 44.4688, 72.6509)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB3DA #DAC49D

analogous

#9DD1DA #9DB3DA #A59DDA

triadic

#9DB3DA #DA9DB3 #B3DA9D

tetradic

#9DB3DA #DA9DD1 #DAC49D #9DDAA5

square

#9DB3DA #DA9DD1 #DAC49D #9DDAA5

split-complementary

#9DB3DA #DAA59D #D1DA9D

monochromatic

#456EB7 #7191C9 #9DB3DA #C9D5EB #E9EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9DB3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#9DB3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB3DA

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB3DA	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CBBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.061 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc9e5',
    500: '#9db3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db3da;
$custom-light: #bbc9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.361,
    "s": 45.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76355,
    "c": 0.06131,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB3DA

secondary

#EEE8DD

accent

#862DB8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB3DA

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

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