#9EB4E7#9EB4E7

#9EB4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.077 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB4E7
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(222, 60%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(222, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, 4.17, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 28.27, 278.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0048 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.077 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8415, 45.6795, 82.0402)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB4E7 #E7D19E

analogous

#9ED9E7 #9EB4E7 #AD9EE7

triadic

#9EB4E7 #E79EB4 #B4E79E

tetradic

#9EB4E7 #E79ED9 #E7D19E #9EE7AD

square

#9EB4E7 #E79ED9 #E7D19E #9EE7AD

split-complementary

#9EB4E7 #E7AD9E #D9E79E

monochromatic

#3C68CF #6D8EDB #9EB4E7 #CFDAF3 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#9EB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#9EB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB4E7

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB4E7	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.077 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccaee',
    500: '#9eb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb4e7;
$custom-light: #bccaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.918,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77149,
    "c": 0.07735,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB4E7

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#951DC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB4E7

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

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