#9EBAEB#9EBAEB

#9EBAEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.077 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBAEB
RGB	rgb(158, 186, 235)
HSL	hsl(218, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(218, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 1.88, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 27.54, 273.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0114 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.077 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6504, 48.3831, 85.4620)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBAEB #EBCF9E

analogous

#9EE1EB #9EBAEB #A99EEB

triadic

#9EBAEB #EB9EBA #BAEB9E

tetradic

#9EBAEB #EB9EE1 #EBCF9E #9EEBA9

square

#9EBAEB #EB9EE1 #EBCF9E #9EEBA9

split-complementary

#9EBAEB #EBA99E #E1EB9E

monochromatic

#3972D6 #6B96E1 #9EBAEB #D1DEF5 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9EBAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#9EBAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBAEB

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBAEB	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 186, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.077 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccef1',
    500: '#9ebaeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebaeb;
$custom-light: #bccef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78549,
    "c": 0.07669,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBAEB

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8C18CE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBAEB

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

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