#9DBBEE#9DBBEE

#9DBBEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.080 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBBEE
RGB	rgb(157, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(218, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(218, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, 1.81, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 28.68, 273.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0127 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.08 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1029, 48.8797, 87.8252)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBBEE #EED09D

analogous

#9DE3EE #9DBBEE #A89DEE

triadic

#9DBBEE #EE9DBB #BBEE9D

tetradic

#9DBBEE #EE9DE3 #EED09D #9DEEA8

square

#9DBBEE #EE9DE3 #EED09D #9DEEA8

split-complementary

#9DBBEE #EEA89D #E3EE9D

monochromatic

#3573DC #6997E5 #9DBBEE #D1DFF7 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#9DBBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#9DBBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBBEE

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBBEE	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.080 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccff3',
    500: '#9dbbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbbee;
$custom-light: #bccff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.778,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78812,
    "c": 0.08013,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBBEE

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8C13D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBBEE

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

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