#9DB4E9#9DB4E9

#9DB4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.080 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB4E9
RGB	rgb(157, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(222, 63%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(222, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, 4.39, -29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 29.37, 278.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0052 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.08 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9296, 45.6920, 83.5271)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB4E9 #E9D29D

analogous

#9DDAE9 #9DB4E9 #AC9DE9

triadic

#9DB4E9 #E99DB4 #B4E99D

tetradic

#9DB4E9 #E99DDA #E9D29D #9DE9AC

square

#9DB4E9 #E99DDA #E9D29D #9DE9AC

split-complementary

#9DB4E9 #E9AC9D #DAE99D

monochromatic

#3968D3 #6B8EDE #9DB4E9 #CFDAF4 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#9DB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#9DB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB4E9

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB4E9	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.080 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccaf0',
    500: '#9db4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db4e9;
$custom-light: #bccaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.842,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77163,
    "c": 0.08045,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB4E9

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#961ACB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB4E9

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

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