#9FB6DD#9FB6DD

#9FB6DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.062 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB6DD
RGB	rgb(159, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(218, 48%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(218, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, 0.90, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 22.18, 272.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0097 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.062 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0735, 46.0458, 74.9581)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB6DD #DDC69F

analogous

#9FD5DD #9FB6DD #A79FDD

triadic

#9FB6DD #DD9FB6 #B6DD9F

tetradic

#9FB6DD #DD9FD5 #DDC69F #9FDDA7

square

#9FB6DD #DD9FD5 #DDC69F #9FDDA7

split-complementary

#9FB6DD #DDA79F #D5DD9F

monochromatic

#4571BD #7294CD #9FB6DD #CCD8ED #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9FB6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#9FB6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB6DD

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB6DD	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.062 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccbe7',
    500: '#9fb6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb6dd;
$custom-light: #bccbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.742,
    "s": 47.692,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77234,
    "c": 0.06158,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB6DD

secondary

#EEE8DD

accent

#852BBB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB6DD

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

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