#9FB5EB#9FB5EB

#9FB5EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.081 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB5EB
RGB	rgb(159, 181, 235)
HSL	hsl(223, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(223, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, 4.90, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 29.80, 279.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0038 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.081 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8130, 46.4151, 85.1263)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB5EB #EBD59F

analogous

#9FDBEB #9FB5EB #AF9FEB

triadic

#9FB5EB #EB9FB5 #B5EB9F

tetradic

#9FB5EB #EB9FDB #EBD59F #9FEBAF

square

#9FB5EB #EB9FDB #EBD59F #9FEBAF

split-complementary

#9FB5EB #EBAF9F #DBEB9F

monochromatic

#3A67D6 #6C8EE0 #9FB5EB #D2DCF6 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9FB5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#9FB5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB5EB

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB5EB	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 181, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.081 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcbf1',
    500: '#9fb5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb5eb;
$custom-light: #bdcbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.632,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77587,
    "c": 0.08135,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB5EB

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9918CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB5EB

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

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