#9DBDF0#9DBDF0

#9DBDF0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.081 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDF0
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 240)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(217, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, 1.23, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 28.81, 272.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0146 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.081 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8256, 49.8524, 89.5237)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDF0 #F0D09D

analogous

#9DE7F0 #9DBDF0 #A69DF0

triadic

#9DBDF0 #F09DBD #BDF09D

tetradic

#9DBDF0 #F09DE7 #F0D09D #9DF0A6

square

#9DBDF0 #F09DE7 #F0D09D #9DF0A6

split-complementary

#9DBDF0 #F0A69D #E7F09D

monochromatic

#3376E0 #6899E8 #9DBDF0 #D2E1F8 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9DBDF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#9DBDF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDF0

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDF0	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83C8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.081 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0f5',
    500: '#9dbdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdf0;
$custom-light: #bcd0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.867,
    "s": 73.451,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79308,
    "c": 0.0809,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDF0

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8910D6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDF0

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

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