#9EB4E2#9EB4E2

#9EB4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.071 H 264.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB4E2
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(221, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(221, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, 2.93, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 25.69, 276.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0064 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.071 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1454, 45.4010, 78.3741)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB4E2 #E2CC9E

analogous

#9ED6E2 #9EB4E2 #AA9EE2

triadic

#9EB4E2 #E29EB4 #B4E29E

tetradic

#9EB4E2 #E29ED6 #E2CC9E #9EE2AA

square

#9EB4E2 #E29ED6 #E2CC9E #9EE2AA

split-complementary

#9EB4E2 #E2AA9E #D6E29E

monochromatic

#406BC6 #6F90D4 #9EB4E2 #CDD8F0 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9EB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#9EB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB4E2

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB4E2	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BBDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.071 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccaeb',
    500: '#9eb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb4e2;
$custom-light: #bccaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.588,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76946,
    "c": 0.07059,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB4E2

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#8F24C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB4E2

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

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