#9DBCEB#9DBCEB

#9DBCEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.075 H 258.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCEB
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 235)
HSL	hsl(216, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 20%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, 0.51, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 26.77, 271.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0149 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.075 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8788, 49.1307, 85.5943)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCEB #EBCC9D

analogous

#9DE3EB #9DBCEB #A59DEB

triadic

#9DBCEB #EB9DBC #BCEB9D

tetradic

#9DBCEB #EB9DE3 #EBCC9D #9DEBA5

square

#9DBCEB #EB9DE3 #EBCC9D #9DEBA5

split-complementary

#9DBCEB #EBA59D #E3EB9D

monochromatic

#3777D6 #6A99E1 #9DBCEB #D0DFF5 #E6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#9DBCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#9DBCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCEB

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCEB	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.075 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0f1',
    500: '#9dbceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbceb;
$custom-light: #bcd0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.154,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78898,
    "c": 0.07535,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCEB

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#8518CE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCEB

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

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