#9DB4E7#9DB4E7

#9DB4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.078 H 265.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB4E7
RGB	rgb(157, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(221, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, 3.88, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 28.34, 277.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0058 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.078 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6455, 45.5784, 82.0310)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB4E7 #E7D09D

analogous

#9DD9E7 #9DB4E7 #AB9DE7

triadic

#9DB4E7 #E79DB4 #B4E79D

tetradic

#9DB4E7 #E79DD9 #E7D09D #9DE7AB

square

#9DB4E7 #E79DD9 #E7D09D #9DE7AB

split-complementary

#9DB4E7 #E7AB9D #D9E79D

monochromatic

#3B69CF #6C8EDB #9DB4E7 #CEDAF3 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9DB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#9DB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB4E7

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB4E7	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.078 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcaee',
    500: '#9db4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db4e7;
$custom-light: #bbcaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.351,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7708,
    "c": 0.07774,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB4E7

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#931DC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB4E7

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

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