#9DC3FA#9DC3FA

#9DC3FA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.088 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC3FA
RGB	rgb(157, 195, 250)
HSL	hsl(215, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(215, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 22%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, 0.54, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 31.16, 270.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.019 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.088 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6697, 53.0979, 98.0030)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC3FA #FAD49D

analogous

#9DF1FA #9DC3FA #A69DFA

triadic

#9DC3FA #FA9DC3 #C3FA9D

tetradic

#9DC3FA #FA9DF1 #FAD49D #9DFAA6

square

#9DC3FA #FA9DF1 #FAD49D #9DFAA6

split-complementary

#9DC3FA #FAA69D #F1FA9D

monochromatic

#297CF4 #639FF7 #9DC3FA #D7E7FD #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#9DC3FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#9DC3FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC3FA

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC3FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC3FA	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC6FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BDF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FCFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc3fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 195, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.088 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd5fc',
    500: '#9dc3fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc3fa;
$custom-light: #bcd5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc3fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.484,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80961,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC3FA

secondary

#DBA960

accent

#8800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC3FA

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

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