#9EBCED#9EBCED

#9EBCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.077 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBCED
RGB	rgb(158, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(217, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(217, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, 1.29, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 27.67, 272.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0133 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.077 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3653, 49.3479, 87.1338)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBCED #EDCF9E

analogous

#9EE4ED #9EBCED #A79EED

triadic

#9EBCED #ED9EBC #BCED9E

tetradic

#9EBCED #ED9EE4 #EDCF9E #9EEDA7

square

#9EBCED #ED9EE4 #EDCF9E #9EEDA7

split-complementary

#9EBCED #EDA79E #E4ED9E

monochromatic

#3775DA #6A98E3 #9EBCED #D2E0F7 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9EBCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#9EBCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBCED

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBCED	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.077 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0f3',
    500: '#9ebced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebced;
$custom-light: #bcd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.215,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79044,
    "c": 0.07745,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBCED

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8915D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBCED

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

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