#9EBDEC#9EBDEC

#9EBDEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.075 H 258.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBDEC
RGB	rgb(158, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, 0.50, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 26.75, 271.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0149 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.075 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4339, 49.7184, 86.4379)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBDEC #ECCD9E

analogous

#9EE4EC #9EBDEC #A69EEC

triadic

#9EBDEC #EC9EBD #BDEC9E

tetradic

#9EBDEC #EC9EE4 #ECCD9E #9EECA6

square

#9EBDEC #EC9EE4 #ECCD9E #9EECA6

split-complementary

#9EBDEC #ECA69E #E4EC9E

monochromatic

#3877D8 #6B9AE2 #9EBDEC #D1E0F6 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9EBDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#9EBDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBDEC

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBDEC	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.075 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0f2',
    500: '#9ebdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebdec;
$custom-light: #bcd0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.154,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79211,
    "c": 0.07527,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBDEC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8616CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBDEC

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

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