#9DB4E2#9DB4E2

#9DB4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.071 H 264.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB4E2
RGB	rgb(157, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(220, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, 2.64, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 25.77, 275.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0074 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.071 264)
XYZ	xyz(43.9494, 45.3000, 78.3649)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB4E2 #E2CB9D

analogous

#9DD7E2 #9DB4E2 #A89DE2

triadic

#9DB4E2 #E29DB4 #B4E29D

tetradic

#9DB4E2 #E29DD7 #E2CB9D #9DE2A8

square

#9DB4E2 #E29DD7 #E2CB9D #9DE2A8

split-complementary

#9DB4E2 #E2A89D #D7E29D

monochromatic

#3F6CC6 #6E90D4 #9DB4E2 #CCD8F0 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9DB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#9DB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB4E2

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB4E2	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ABDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.071 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcaeb',
    500: '#9db4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db4e2;
$custom-light: #bbcaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76878,
    "c": 0.071,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.45302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB4E2

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#8D24C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB4E2

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

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