#9FABDB#9FABDB

#9FABDB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.071 H 273.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FABDB
RGB	rgb(159, 171, 219)
HSL	hsl(228, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(228, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 6.48, -25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 26.41, 284.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0045 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.071 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6437, 41.6100, 72.8415)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FABDB #DBCF9F

analogous

#9FC9DB #9FABDB #B19FDB

triadic

#9FABDB #DB9FAB #ABDB9F

tetradic

#9FABDB #DB9FC9 #DBCF9F #9FDBB1

square

#9FABDB #DB9FC9 #DBCF9F #9FDBB1

split-complementary

#9FABDB #DBB19F #C9DB9F

monochromatic

#465DBA #7284CA #9FABDB #CCD2EC #E9ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#9FABDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#9FABDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FABDB

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FABDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FABDB	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fabdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 171, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.071 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3e6',
    500: '#9fabdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fabdb;
$custom-light: #bcc3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fabdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74886,
    "c": 0.07062,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FABDB

secondary

#EEEADD

accent

#9D2DB9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FABDB

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

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