#9DBDEB#9DBDEB

#9DBDEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.074 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDEB
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(215, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -0.03, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 26.36, 269.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0162 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.075 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0931, 49.5594, 85.6657)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDEB #EBCB9D

analogous

#9DE4EB #9DBDEB #A49DEB

triadic

#9DBDEB #EB9DBD #BDEB9D

tetradic

#9DBDEB #EB9DE4 #EBCB9D #9DEBA4

square

#9DBDEB #EB9DE4 #EBCB9D #9DEBA4

split-complementary

#9DBDEB #EBA49D #E4EB9D

monochromatic

#3779D6 #6A9BE1 #9DBDEB #D0DFF5 #E6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9DBDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#9DBDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDEB

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDEB	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.074 257.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.385,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79106,
    "c": 0.0745,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDEB

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#8318CE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121416

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDEB

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

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