#9DBEF5#9DBEF5

#9DBEF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.086 H 260.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBEF5
RGB	rgb(157, 190, 245)
HSL	hsl(218, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(218, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 22.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, 1.96, -30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 30.85, 273.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0143 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.086 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7945, 50.5853, 93.5614)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBEF5 #F5D49D

analogous

#9DEAF5 #9DBEF5 #A89DF5

triadic

#9DBEF5 #F59DBE #BEF59D

tetradic

#9DBEF5 #F59DEA #F5D49D #9DF5A8

square

#9DBEF5 #F59DEA #F5D49D #9DF5A8

split-complementary

#9DBEF5 #F5A89D #EAF59D

monochromatic

#2E74EA #6599EF #9DBEF5 #D5E3FB #E3EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9DBEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#9DBEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBEF5

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBEF5	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC1F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B9F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81CAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 190, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.086 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd1f8',
    500: '#9dbef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbef5;
$custom-light: #bcd1f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 81.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7972,
    "c": 0.08645,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBEF5

secondary

#D4A962

accent

#8E08DE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBEF5

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

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