#9DB7EF#9DB7EF

#9DB7EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.085 H 265.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB7EF
RGB	rgb(157, 183, 239)
HSL	hsl(221, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(221, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 23.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, 4.26, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 31.03, 277.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0072 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.085 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4135, 47.2651, 88.3222)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB7EF #EFD59D

analogous

#9DE0EF #9DB7EF #AC9DEF

triadic

#9DB7EF #EF9DB7 #B7EF9D

tetradic

#9DB7EF #EF9DE0 #EFD59D #9DEFAC

square

#9DB7EF #EF9DE0 #EFD59D #9DEFAC

split-complementary

#9DB7EF #EFAC9D #E0EF9D

monochromatic

#346ADE #6890E6 #9DB7EF #D2DEF8 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9DB7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#9DB7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB7EF

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB7EF	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BBF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 183, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.085 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcccf4',
    500: '#9db7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db7ef;
$custom-light: #bcccf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.976,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78029,
    "c": 0.0854,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB7EF

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9612D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB7EF

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

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