#9DB3DC#9DB3DC

#9DB3DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.064 H 262.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB3DC
RGB	rgb(157, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(219, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, 1.71, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 23.16, 274.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.008 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.064 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9393, 44.5741, 74.0375)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB3DC #DCC69D

analogous

#9DD3DC #9DB3DC #A79DDC

triadic

#9DB3DC #DC9DB3 #B3DC9D

tetradic

#9DB3DC #DC9DD3 #DCC69D #9DDCA7

square

#9DB3DC #DC9DD3 #DCC69D #9DDCA7

split-complementary

#9DB3DC #DCA79D #D3DC9D

monochromatic

#436DBC #7090CC #9DB3DC #CAD6EC #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9DB3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#9DB3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB3DC

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB3DC	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CBBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.064 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc9e7',
    500: '#9db3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db3dc;
$custom-light: #bbc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.048,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76433,
    "c": 0.06397,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB3DC

secondary

#EEE8DD

accent

#882BBB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB3DC

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

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