#9EBCEF#9EBCEF

#9EBCEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.080 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBCEF
RGB	rgb(158, 188, 239)
HSL	hsl(218, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(218, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, 1.80, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 28.66, 273.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0127 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.08 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6591, 49.4655, 88.6812)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBCEF #EFD19E

analogous

#9EE4EF #9EBCEF #A89EEF

triadic

#9EBCEF #EF9EBC #BCEF9E

tetradic

#9EBCEF #EF9EE4 #EFD19E #9EEFA8

square

#9EBCEF #EF9EE4 #EFD19E #9EEFA8

split-complementary

#9EBCEF #EFA89E #E4EF9E

monochromatic

#3573DE #6998E6 #9EBCEF #D3E0F8 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9EBCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#9EBCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBCEF

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBCEF	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 188, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.080 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0f4',
    500: '#9ebcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebcef;
$custom-light: #bcd0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.778,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79125,
    "c": 0.08005,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBCEF

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8C12D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBCEF

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

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