#9EB3E4#9EB3E4

#9EB3E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.074 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB3E4
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 228)
HSL	hsl(222, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(222, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, 3.97, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 27.20, 278.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0044 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.074 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2202, 45.1091, 79.7608)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB3E4 #E4CF9E

analogous

#9ED6E4 #9EB3E4 #AC9EE4

triadic

#9EB3E4 #E49EB3 #B3E49E

tetradic

#9EB3E4 #E49ED6 #E4CF9E #9EE4AC

square

#9EB3E4 #E49ED6 #E4CF9E #9EE4AC

split-complementary

#9EB3E4 #E4AC9E #D6E49E

monochromatic

#3E68C9 #6E8DD7 #9EB3E4 #CED9F1 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#9EB3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#9EB3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB3E4

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB3E4	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ABDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.074 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc9ec',
    500: '#9eb3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb3e4;
$custom-light: #bcc9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76821,
    "c": 0.07433,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB3E4

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#9321C4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB3E4

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

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