#9EB6EA#9EB6EA

#9EB6EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.079 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB6EA
RGB	rgb(158, 182, 234)
HSL	hsl(221, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(221, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 22.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, 3.82, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 28.87, 277.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0065 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.079 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6755, 46.6637, 84.4263)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB6EA #EAD29E

analogous

#9EDCEA #9EB6EA #AC9EEA

triadic

#9EB6EA #EA9EB6 #B6EA9E

tetradic

#9EB6EA #EA9EDC #EAD29E #9EEAAC

square

#9EB6EA #EA9EDC #EAD29E #9EEAAC

split-complementary

#9EB6EA #EAAC9E #DCEA9E

monochromatic

#396AD4 #6C90DF #9EB6EA #D0DCF5 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9EB6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#9EB6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB6EA

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB6EA	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88C0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 182, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.079 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccbf1',
    500: '#9eb6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb6ea;
$custom-light: #bccbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.053,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77683,
    "c": 0.07931,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB6EA

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9419CC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB6EA

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

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