#9DB5DA#9DB5DA

#9DB5DA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.060 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB5DA
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(216, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, 0.14, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 21.30, 270.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0114 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.06 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0798, 45.2763, 72.7855)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB5DA #DAC29D

analogous

#9DD3DA #9DB5DA #A39DDA

triadic

#9DB5DA #DA9DB5 #B5DA9D

tetradic

#9DB5DA #DA9DD3 #DAC29D #9DDAA3

square

#9DB5DA #DA9DD3 #DAC29D #9DDAA3

split-complementary

#9DB5DA #DAA39D #D3DA9D

monochromatic

#4572B7 #7193C9 #9DB5DA #C9D7EB #E9EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9DB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#9DB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB5DA

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB5DA	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)

#A8B7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CBDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.060 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcbe5',
    500: '#9db5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db5da;
$custom-light: #bbcbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.393,
    "s": 45.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76772,
    "c": 0.05952,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB5DA

secondary

#EEE7DD

accent

#822DB8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB5DA

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

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