#9EB5DA#9EB5DA

#9EB5DA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.059 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB5DA
RGB	rgb(158, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(217, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(217, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, 0.43, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 21.20, 271.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0104 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.059 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2758, 45.3773, 72.7946)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB5DA #DAC39E

analogous

#9ED3DA #9EB5DA #A59EDA

triadic

#9EB5DA #DA9EB5 #B5DA9E

tetradic

#9EB5DA #DA9ED3 #DAC39E #9EDAA5

square

#9EB5DA #DA9ED3 #DAC39E #9EDAA5

split-complementary

#9EB5DA #DAA59E #D3DA9E

monochromatic

#4672B8 #7293C9 #9EB5DA #CAD7EB #E9EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9EB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#9EB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB5DA

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB5DA	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)

#A9B7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.059 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcbe5',
    500: '#9eb5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb5da;
$custom-light: #bbcbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217,
    "s": 44.776,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76841,
    "c": 0.05903,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB5DA

secondary

#EDE7DE

accent

#832EB8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB5DA

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

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