#9DBEEF#9DBEEF

#9DBEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.079 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBEEF
RGB	rgb(157, 190, 239)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(216, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, 0.43, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 27.90, 270.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0162 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.079 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8933, 50.2248, 88.8155)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBEEF #EFCE9D

analogous

#9DE7EF #9DBEEF #A59DEF

triadic

#9DBEEF #EF9DBE #BEEF9D

tetradic

#9DBEEF #EF9DE7 #EFCE9D #9DEFA5

square

#9DBEEF #EF9DE7 #EFCE9D #9DEFA5

split-complementary

#9DBEEF #EFA59D #E7EF9D

monochromatic

#3478DE #689BE6 #9DBEEF #D2E1F8 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9DBEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#9DBEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBEEF

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBEEF	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84C8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 190, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.079 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd1f4',
    500: '#9dbeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbeef;
$custom-light: #bcd1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.854,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79475,
    "c": 0.07874,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBEEF

secondary

#CCA264

accent

#8612D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBEEF

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

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