#9DB4E4#9DB4E4

#9DB4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.074 H 264.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB4E4
RGB	rgb(157, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(221, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(221, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, 3.13, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 26.79, 276.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0067 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.074 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2254, 45.4104, 79.8186)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB4E4 #E4CD9D

analogous

#9DD8E4 #9DB4E4 #A99DE4

triadic

#9DB4E4 #E49DB4 #B4E49D

tetradic

#9DB4E4 #E49DD8 #E4CD9D #9DE4A9

square

#9DB4E4 #E49DD8 #E4CD9D #9DE4A9

split-complementary

#9DB4E4 #E4A99D #D8E49D

monochromatic

#3D6BCA #6D8FD7 #9DB4E4 #CDD9F1 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9DB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#9DB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB4E4

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB4E4	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.074 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcaec',
    500: '#9db4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db4e4;
$custom-light: #bbcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.563,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76958,
    "c": 0.07369,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB4E4

secondary

#F0E9DB

accent

#8F21C4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB4E4

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

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