#9DB5EA#9DB5EA

#9DB5EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.081 H 265.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB5EA
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(221, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, 4.09, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 29.41, 277.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0062 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.081 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2754, 46.1546, 84.3491)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB5EA #EAD29D

analogous

#9DDCEA #9DB5EA #AC9DEA

triadic

#9DB5EA #EA9DB5 #B5EA9D

tetradic

#9DB5EA #EA9DDC #EAD29D #9DEAAC

square

#9DB5EA #EA9DDC #EAD29D #9DEAAC

split-complementary

#9DB5EA #EAAC9D #DCEA9D

monochromatic

#3869D4 #6B8FDF #9DB5EA #CFDBF5 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9DB5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#9DB5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB5EA

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB5EA	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.081 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccbf1',
    500: '#9db5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db5ea;
$custom-light: #bccbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.299,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7741,
    "c": 0.08075,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB5EA

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9519CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB5EA

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

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