#9DB4E1#9DB4E1

#9DB4E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.070 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB4E1
RGB	rgb(157, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(220, 53%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 30%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, 2.39, -25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 25.25, 275.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0077 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.07 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8126, 45.2453, 77.6443)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB4E1 #E1CA9D

analogous

#9DD6E1 #9DB4E1 #A89DE1

triadic

#9DB4E1 #E19DB4 #B4E19D

tetradic

#9DB4E1 #E19DD6 #E1CA9D #9DE1A8

square

#9DB4E1 #E19DD6 #E1CA9D #9DE1A8

split-complementary

#9DB4E1 #E1A89D #D6E19D

monochromatic

#3F6CC4 #6E90D3 #9DB4E1 #CCD8EF #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9DB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#9DB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB4E1

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB4E1	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ABDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.070 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcaea',
    500: '#9db4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db4e1;
$custom-light: #bbcaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.706,
    "s": 53.125,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76838,
    "c": 0.06966,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB4E1

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#8C25C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB4E1

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

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