#9DBCEE#9DBCEE

#9DBCEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.079 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCEE
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(217, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, 1.27, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 28.25, 272.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.014 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.079 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3158, 49.3055, 87.8962)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCEE #EECF9D

analogous

#9DE5EE #9DBCEE #A69DEE

triadic

#9DBCEE #EE9DBC #BCEE9D

tetradic

#9DBCEE #EE9DE5 #EECF9D #9DEEA6

square

#9DBCEE #EE9DE5 #EECF9D #9DEEA6

split-complementary

#9DBCEE #EEA69D #E5EE9D

monochromatic

#3575DC #6998E5 #9DBCEE #D1E0F7 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9DBCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#9DBCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCEE

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCEE	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84C6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.079 259.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.037,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79019,
    "c": 0.07921,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCEE

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8913D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCEE

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

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