#9EB4E6#9EB4E6

#9EB4E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.076 H 266.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB4E6
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(222, 59%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(222, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, 3.92, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 27.75, 278.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0051 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.076 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7006, 45.6231, 81.2985)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB4E6 #E6D09E

analogous

#9ED8E6 #9EB4E6 #AC9EE6

triadic

#9EB4E6 #E69EB4 #B4E69E

tetradic

#9EB4E6 #E69ED8 #E6D09E #9EE6AC

square

#9EB4E6 #E69ED8 #E6D09E #9EE6AC

split-complementary

#9EB4E6 #E6AC9E #D8E69E

monochromatic

#3D69CD #6D8ED9 #9EB4E6 #CFDAF3 #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#9EB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#9EB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB4E6

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB4E6	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ABEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.076 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccaee',
    500: '#9eb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb4e6;
$custom-light: #bccaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.667,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77108,
    "c": 0.07599,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB4E6

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#931FC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB4E6

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

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