#9DBAFF#9DBAFF

#9DBAFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.104 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBAFF
RGB	rgb(157, 186, 255)
HSL	hsl(222, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(222, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, 6.77, -37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 37.79, 280.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0063 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.104 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5080, 49.5035, 101.5349)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBAFF #FFE29D

analogous

#9DEBFF #9DBAFF #B19DFF

triadic

#9DBAFF #FF9DBA #BAFF9D

tetradic

#9DBAFF #FF9DEB #FFE29D #9DFFB1

square

#9DBAFF #FF9DEB #FFE29D #9DFFB1

split-complementary

#9DBAFF #FFB19D #EBFF9D

monochromatic

#2364FF #608FFF #9DBAFF #DAE5FF #E0E9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9DBAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#9DBAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBAFF

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBAFF	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B7FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EC8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 186, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.104 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdceff',
    500: '#9dbaff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbaff;
$custom-light: #bdceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.245,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79329,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBAFF

secondary

#F7EDD4

accent

#A200E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F7F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#121318

muted

#818286

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBAFF

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

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