#9DB7FF#9DB7FF

#9DB7FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.107 H 268.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB7FF
RGB	rgb(157, 183, 255)
HSL	hsl(224, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(224, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 28.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, 8.43, -38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 39.31, 282.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0025 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.107 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8826, 48.2528, 101.3264)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB7FF #FFE59D

analogous

#9DE8FF #9DB7FF #B49DFF

triadic

#9DB7FF #FF9DB7 #B7FF9D

tetradic

#9DB7FF #FF9DE8 #FFE59D #9DFFB4

square

#9DB7FF #FF9DE8 #FFE59D #9DFFB4

split-complementary

#9DB7FF #FFB49D #E8FF9D

monochromatic

#235DFF #608AFF #9DB7FF #DAE4FF #E0E9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9DB7FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#9DB7FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB7FF

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB7FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB7FF	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FBDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B5FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EC6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db7ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 183, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.107 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdccff',
    500: '#9db7ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db7ff;
$custom-light: #bdccff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db7ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.082,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78722,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB7FF

secondary

#F7EED4

accent

#A900E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121318

muted

#818286

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB7FF

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

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