#9DB8E9#9DB8E9

#9DB8E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.076 H 262.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB8E9
RGB	rgb(157, 184, 233)
HSL	hsl(219, 63%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(219, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 21%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, 2.19, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 27.51, 274.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0104 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.076 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7488, 47.3304, 83.8002)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB8E9 #E9CE9D

analogous

#9DDEE9 #9DB8E9 #A89DE9

triadic

#9DB8E9 #E99DB8 #B8E99D

tetradic

#9DB8E9 #E99DDE #E9CE9D #9DE9A8

square

#9DB8E9 #E99DDE #E9CE9D #9DE9A8

split-complementary

#9DB8E9 #E9A89D #DEE99D

monochromatic

#3970D3 #6B94DE #9DB8E9 #CFDCF4 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9DB8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#9DB8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB8E9

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB8E9	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 184, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.076 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcdf0',
    500: '#9db8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db8e9;
$custom-light: #bbcdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.684,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77988,
    "c": 0.0764,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB8E9

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8C1ACB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB8E9

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

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