#9DBDF5#9DBDF5

#9DBDF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.087 H 261.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDF5
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 245)
HSL	hsl(218, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(218, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 22.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, 2.51, -31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 31.29, 274.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.013 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.087 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5786, 50.1536, 93.4895)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDF5 #F5D59D

analogous

#9DE9F5 #9DBDF5 #A99DF5

triadic

#9DBDF5 #F59DBD #BDF59D

tetradic

#9DBDF5 #F59DE9 #F5D59D #9DF5A9

square

#9DBDF5 #F59DE9 #F5D59D #9DF5A9

split-complementary

#9DBDF5 #F5A99D #E9F59D

monochromatic

#2E72EA #6598EF #9DBDF5 #D5E2FB #E3ECFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9DBDF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#9DBDF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDF5

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDF5	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAC0F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B8F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81C9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.087 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0f8',
    500: '#9dbdf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdf5;
$custom-light: #bcd0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 81.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79514,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDF5

secondary

#D4AB62

accent

#9008DE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDF5

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

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