#9EBBEE#9EBBEE

#9EBBEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.080 H 261.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBBEE
RGB	rgb(158, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(218, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(218, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 2.09, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 28.60, 274.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0117 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.08 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2989, 48.9808, 87.8344)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBBEE #EED19E

analogous

#9EE3EE #9EBBEE #A99EEE

triadic

#9EBBEE #EE9EBB #BBEE9E

tetradic

#9EBBEE #EE9EE3 #EED19E #9EEEA9

square

#9EBBEE #EE9EE3 #EED19E #9EEEA9

split-complementary

#9EBBEE #EEA99E #E3EE9E

monochromatic

#3672DC #6A96E5 #9EBBEE #D2E0F7 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#9EBBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#9EBBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBBEE

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBBEE	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.080 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccff3',
    500: '#9ebbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebbee;
$custom-light: #bccff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.25,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78877,
    "c": 0.07968,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBBEE

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8D13D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBBEE

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

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