#9EB6ED#9EB6ED

#9EB6ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.083 H 266.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB6ED
RGB	rgb(158, 182, 237)
HSL	hsl(222, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(222, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 23.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, 4.58, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 30.41, 278.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0055 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.083 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1101, 46.8376, 86.7154)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB6ED #EDD59E

analogous

#9EDEED #9EB6ED #AD9EED

triadic

#9EB6ED #ED9EB6 #B6ED9E

tetradic

#9EB6ED #ED9EDE #EDD59E #9EEDAD

square

#9EB6ED #ED9EDE #EDD59E #9EEDAD

split-complementary

#9EB6ED #EDAD9E #DEED9E

monochromatic

#3768DA #6A8FE3 #9EB6ED #D2DDF7 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9EB6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#9EB6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB6ED

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB6ED	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 182, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.083 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccbf3',
    500: '#9eb6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb6ed;
$custom-light: #bccbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.772,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77807,
    "c": 0.08336,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB6ED

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9815D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB6ED

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

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