#9DBCEC#9DBCEC

#9DBCEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.077 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCEC
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, 0.76, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 27.26, 271.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0146 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.077 259)
XYZ	xyz(47.0236, 49.1886, 86.3573)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCEC #ECCD9D

analogous

#9DE3EC #9DBCEC #A69DEC

triadic

#9DBCEC #EC9DBC #BCEC9D

tetradic

#9DBCEC #EC9DE3 #ECCD9D #9DECA6

square

#9DBCEC #EC9DE3 #ECCD9D #9DECA6

split-complementary

#9DBCEC #ECA69D #E3EC9D

monochromatic

#3676D8 #6A99E2 #9DBCEC #D0DFF6 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#9DBCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#9DBCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCEC

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCEC	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.077 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0f2',
    500: '#9dbcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbcec;
$custom-light: #bcd0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.456,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78938,
    "c": 0.07664,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.49191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCEC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8716CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCEC

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

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