#9DBDEC#9DBDEC

#9DBDEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.076 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDEC
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, 0.22, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 26.85, 270.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0159 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.076 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2380, 49.6173, 86.4287)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDEC #ECCC9D

analogous

#9DE5EC #9DBDEC #A59DEC

triadic

#9DBDEC #EC9DBD #BDEC9D

tetradic

#9DBDEC #EC9DE5 #ECCC9D #9DECA5

square

#9DBDEC #EC9DE5 #ECCC9D #9DECA5

split-complementary

#9DBDEC #ECA59D #E5EC9D

monochromatic

#3678D8 #6A9AE2 #9DBDEC #D0E0F6 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9DBDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#9DBDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDEC

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDEC	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.076 257.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.696,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79146,
    "c": 0.07577,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDEC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8416CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDEC

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

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