#9EBDEE#9EBDEE

#9EBDEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.078 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBDEE
RGB	rgb(158, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(217, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, 1.00, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 27.73, 272.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0143 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.078 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7261, 49.8353, 87.9768)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBDEE #EECF9E

analogous

#9EE5EE #9EBDEE #A79EEE

triadic

#9EBDEE #EE9EBD #BDEE9E

tetradic

#9EBDEE #EE9EE5 #EECF9E #9EEEA7

square

#9EBDEE #EE9EE5 #EECF9E #9EEEA7

split-complementary

#9EBDEE #EEA79E #E5EE9E

monochromatic

#3676DC #6A9AE5 #9EBDEE #D2E0F7 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9EBDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#9EBDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBDEE

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBDEE	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.078 259.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.75,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79291,
    "c": 0.07785,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBDEE

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8813D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBDEE

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

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