#9DBDED#9DBDED

#9DBDED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.077 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDED
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, 0.47, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 27.34, 270.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0156 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.077 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3837, 49.6756, 87.1960)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDED #EDCD9D

analogous

#9DE5ED #9DBDED #A59DED

triadic

#9DBDED #ED9DBD #BDED9D

tetradic

#9DBDED #ED9DE5 #EDCD9D #9DEDA5

square

#9DBDED #ED9DE5 #EDCD9D #9DEDA5

split-complementary

#9DBDED #EDA59D #E5ED9D

monochromatic

#3677DA #699AE4 #9DBDED #D1E0F6 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9DBDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#9DBDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDED

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDED	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.077 258.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79186,
    "c": 0.07704,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDED

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8615D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDED

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

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