#9DBCFF#9DBCFF

#9DBCFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.102 H 265.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCFF
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 255)
HSL	hsl(221, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(221, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 26.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, 5.67, -36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 36.81, 278.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0088 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.102 265)
XYZ	xyz(49.9323, 50.3521, 101.6763)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCFF #FFE09D

analogous

#9DEDFF #9DBCFF #AF9DFF

triadic

#9DBCFF #FF9DBC #BCFF9D

tetradic

#9DBCFF #FF9DED #FFE09D #9DFFAF

square

#9DBCFF #FF9DED #FFE09D #9DFFAF

split-complementary

#9DBCFF #FFAF9D #EDFF9D

monochromatic

#2368FF #6092FF #9DBCFF #DAE6FF #E0EAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9DBCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#9DBCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCFF

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCFF	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB8FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DCAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.102 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd0ff',
    500: '#9dbcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbcff;
$custom-light: #bdd0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.02,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79735,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.50355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCFF

secondary

#E3B95E

accent

#9D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121318

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCFF

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

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