#9DBDEE#9DBDEE

#9DBDEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.078 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDEE
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, 0.72, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 27.82, 271.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0152 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.078 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5302, 49.7342, 87.9676)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDEE #EECE9D

analogous

#9DE6EE #9DBDEE #A59DEE

triadic

#9DBDEE #EE9DBD #BDEE9D

tetradic

#9DBDEE #EE9DE6 #EECE9D #9DEEA5

square

#9DBDEE #EE9DE6 #EECE9D #9DEEA5

split-complementary

#9DBDEE #EEA59D #E6EE9D

monochromatic

#3577DC #699AE5 #9DBDEE #D1E0F7 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9DBDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#9DBDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDEE

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDEE	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.078 258.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.296,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79227,
    "c": 0.07832,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDEE

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8713D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDEE

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

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