#9EB4E4#9EB4E4

#9EB4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.073 H 265.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB4E4
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(221, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, 3.42, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 26.72, 277.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0057 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.073 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4214, 45.5114, 79.8278)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB4E4 #E4CE9E

analogous

#9ED7E4 #9EB4E4 #AB9EE4

triadic

#9EB4E4 #E49EB4 #B4E49E

tetradic

#9EB4E4 #E49ED7 #E4CE9E #9EE4AB

square

#9EB4E4 #E49ED7 #E4CE9E #9EE4AB

split-complementary

#9EB4E4 #E4AB9E #D7E49E

monochromatic

#3E6AC9 #6E8FD7 #9EB4E4 #CED9F1 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9EB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#9EB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB4E4

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB4E4	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ABEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.073 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccaec',
    500: '#9eb4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb4e4;
$custom-light: #bccaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77027,
    "c": 0.07328,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB4E4

secondary

#F0E9DB

accent

#9121C4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB4E4

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

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