#9DB5DF#9DB5DF

#9DB5DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.066 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB5DF
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 223)
HSL	hsl(218, 51%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(218, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, 1.35, -23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 23.80, 273.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0097 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.066 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7440, 45.5420, 76.2834)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB5DF #DFC79D

analogous

#9DD6DF #9DB5DF #A69DDF

triadic

#9DB5DF #DF9DB5 #B5DF9D

tetradic

#9DB5DF #DF9DD6 #DFC79D #9DDFA6

square

#9DB5DF #DF9DD6 #DFC79D #9DDFA6

split-complementary

#9DB5DF #DFA69D #D6DF9D

monochromatic

#416FC1 #6F92D0 #9DB5DF #CBD8EE #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9DB5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#9DB5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB5DF

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB5DF	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ABEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.066 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcbe9',
    500: '#9db5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db5df;
$custom-light: #bbcbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 50.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76966,
    "c": 0.06605,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB5DF

secondary

#EFE8DC

accent

#8727BE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB5DF

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

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