#9DBCED#9DBCED

#9DBCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.078 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCED
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(217, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(217, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, 1.01, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 27.76, 272.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0143 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.078 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1693, 49.2469, 87.1246)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCED #EDCE9D

analogous

#9DE4ED #9DBCED #A69DED

triadic

#9DBCED #ED9DBC #BCED9D

tetradic

#9DBCED #ED9DE4 #EDCE9D #9DEDA6

square

#9DBCED #ED9DE4 #EDCE9D #9DEDA6

split-complementary

#9DBCED #EDA69D #E4ED9D

monochromatic

#3675DA #6999E4 #9DBCED #D1DFF6 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#9DBCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#9DBCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCED

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCED	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.078 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0f3',
    500: '#9dbced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbced;
$custom-light: #bcd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.75,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78979,
    "c": 0.07792,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCED

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8815D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCED

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

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