#9DB9F5#9DB9F5

#9DB9F5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.091 H 265.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB9F5
RGB	rgb(157, 185, 245)
HSL	hsl(221, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(221, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 24.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, 4.70, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 33.15, 278.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0079 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.091 265)
XYZ	xyz(47.7301, 48.4565, 93.2066)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB9F5 #F5D99D

analogous

#9DE5F5 #9DB9F5 #AD9DF5

triadic

#9DB9F5 #F59DB9 #B9F59D

tetradic

#9DB9F5 #F59DE5 #F5D99D #9DF5AD

square

#9DB9F5 #F59DE5 #F5D99D #9DF5AD

split-complementary

#9DB9F5 #F5AD9D #E5F59D

monochromatic

#2E6AEA #6591EF #9DB9F5 #D5E1FB #E3EBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9DB9F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#9DB9F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB9F5

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB9F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB9F5	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BDF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB5F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82C5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db9f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 185, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.091 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccdf8',
    500: '#9db9f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db9f5;
$custom-light: #bccdf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db9f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.909,
    "s": 81.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78692,
    "c": 0.09138,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.48459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB9F5

secondary

#F4EBD7

accent

#9A08DE

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB9F5

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

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