#9DB7DC#9DB7DC

#9DB7DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.060 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB7DC
RGB	rgb(157, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(215, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -0.47, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 21.48, 268.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0134 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.06 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7527, 46.2008, 74.3086)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB7DC #DCC29D

analogous

#9DD7DC #9DB7DC #A39DDC

triadic

#9DB7DC #DC9DB7 #B7DC9D

tetradic

#9DB7DC #DC9DD7 #DCC29D #9DDCA3

square

#9DB7DC #DC9DD7 #DCC29D #9DDCA3

split-complementary

#9DB7DC #DCA39D #D7DC9D

monochromatic

#4375BC #7096CC #9DB7DC #CAD8EC #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9DB7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#9DB7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB7DC

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB7DC	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BBFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.060 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcce7',
    500: '#9db7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db7dc;
$custom-light: #bbcce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.238,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77268,
    "c": 0.06042,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB7DC

secondary

#EEE7DD

accent

#7F2BBB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB7DC

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

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