#9DB9F8#9DB9F8

#9DB9F8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.095 H 265.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB9F8
RGB	rgb(157, 185, 248)
HSL	hsl(222, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(222, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 5.48, -34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 34.68, 279.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.007 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.095 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1917, 48.6411, 95.6382)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB9F8 #F8DC9D

analogous

#9DE7F8 #9DB9F8 #AF9DF8

triadic

#9DB9F8 #F89DB9 #B9F89D

tetradic

#9DB9F8 #F89DE7 #F8DC9D #9DF8AF

square

#9DB9F8 #F89DE7 #F8DC9D #9DF8AF

split-complementary

#9DB9F8 #F8AF9D #E7F89D

monochromatic

#2B67F0 #6490F4 #9DB9F8 #D6E2FC #E2EBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9DB9F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#9DB9F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB9F8

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB9F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB9F8	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BEFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81C6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db9f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 185, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.095 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccdfa',
    500: '#9db9f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db9f8;
$custom-light: #bccdfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db9f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7882,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB9F8

secondary

#F5EBD6

accent

#9E02E3

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB9F8

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

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