#9FB3E2#9FB3E2

#9FB3E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.071 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB3E2
RGB	rgb(159, 179, 226)
HSL	hsl(222, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(222, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, 3.76, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 26.09, 278.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.004 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.071 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1418, 45.1006, 78.3163)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB3E2 #E2CE9F

analogous

#9FD4E2 #9FB3E2 #AC9FE2

triadic

#9FB3E2 #E29FB3 #B3E29F

tetradic

#9FB3E2 #E29FD4 #E2CE9F #9FE2AC

square

#9FB3E2 #E29FD4 #E2CE9F #9FE2AC

split-complementary

#9FB3E2 #E2AC9F #D4E29F

monochromatic

#4169C6 #708ED4 #9FB3E2 #CED8F0 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#9FB3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#9FB3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB3E2

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB3E2	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DBCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 179, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.071 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc9eb',
    500: '#9fb3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb3e2;
$custom-light: #bcc9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.09,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76809,
    "c": 0.07123,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB3E2

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#9224C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB3E2

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

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