#9DB8EA#9DB8EA

#9DB8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.078 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB8EA
RGB	rgb(157, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(219, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, 2.44, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 28.01, 275.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0101 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.078 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8920, 47.3877, 84.5546)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB8EA #EACF9D

analogous

#9DDFEA #9DB8EA #A99DEA

triadic

#9DB8EA #EA9DB8 #B8EA9D

tetradic

#9DB8EA #EA9DDF #EACF9D #9DEAA9

square

#9DB8EA #EA9DDF #EACF9D #9DEAA9

split-complementary

#9DB8EA #EAA99D #DFEA9D

monochromatic

#386FD4 #6B93DF #9DB8EA #CFDDF5 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#9DB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#9DB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB8EA

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB8EA	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86C2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.078 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccdf1',
    500: '#9db8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db8ea;
$custom-light: #bccdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.961,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78028,
    "c": 0.07773,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB8EA

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8E19CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB8EA

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

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