#9DBDFF#9DBDFF

#9DBDFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.101 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDFF
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(220, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(220, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, 5.12, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 36.33, 278.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.01 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.101 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1467, 50.7808, 101.7477)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDFF #FFDF9D

analogous

#9DEEFF #9DBDFF #AE9DFF

triadic

#9DBDFF #FF9DBD #BDFF9D

tetradic

#9DBDFF #FF9DEE #FFDF9D #9DFFAE

square

#9DBDFF #FF9DEE #FFDF9D #9DFFAE

split-complementary

#9DBDFF #FFAE9D #EEFF9D

monochromatic

#236BFF #6094FF #9DBDFF #DAE6FF #E0EAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9DBDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#9DBDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDFF

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDFF	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6C2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DCBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.101 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd0ff',
    500: '#9dbdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdff;
$custom-light: #bdd0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.408,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79939,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDFF

secondary

#E3B75E

accent

#9B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDFF

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

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