#9EB6E4#9EB6E4

#9EB6E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.071 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB6E4
RGB	rgb(158, 182, 228)
HSL	hsl(219, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(219, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 20.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, 2.32, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 25.80, 275.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0084 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.071 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8281, 46.3248, 79.9634)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB6E4 #E4CC9E

analogous

#9ED9E4 #9EB6E4 #A99EE4

triadic

#9EB6E4 #E49EB6 #B6E49E

tetradic

#9EB6E4 #E49ED9 #E4CC9E #9EE4A9

square

#9EB6E4 #E49ED9 #E4CC9E #9EE4A9

split-complementary

#9EB6E4 #E4A99E #D9E49E

monochromatic

#3E6EC9 #6E92D7 #9EB6E4 #CEDAF1 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9EB6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#9EB6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB6E4

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB6E4	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ABFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 182, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.071 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccbec',
    500: '#9eb6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb6e4;
$custom-light: #bccbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7744,
    "c": 0.07127,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB6E4

secondary

#F0E9DB

accent

#8C21C4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB6E4

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

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