#9EB8ED#9EB8ED

#9EB8ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.081 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB8ED
RGB	rgb(158, 184, 237)
HSL	hsl(220, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(220, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, 3.48, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 29.46, 276.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0081 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.081 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5226, 47.6626, 86.8529)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB8ED #EDD39E

analogous

#9EE0ED #9EB8ED #AB9EED

triadic

#9EB8ED #ED9EB8 #B8ED9E

tetradic

#9EB8ED #ED9EE0 #EDD39E #9EEDAB

square

#9EB8ED #ED9EE0 #EDD39E #9EEDAB

split-complementary

#9EB8ED #EDAB9E #E0ED9E

monochromatic

#376CDA #6A92E3 #9EB8ED #D2DEF7 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9EB8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#9EB8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB8ED

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB8ED	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 184, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.081 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccdf3',
    500: '#9eb8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb8ed;
$custom-light: #bccdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.253,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78218,
    "c": 0.0813,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB8ED

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9315D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB8ED

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

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