#9FB6EB#9FB6EB

#9FB6EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.080 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB6EB
RGB	rgb(159, 182, 235)
HSL	hsl(222, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(222, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 22.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, 4.35, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 29.32, 278.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0051 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.08 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0171, 46.8232, 85.1943)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB6EB #EBD49F

analogous

#9FDCEB #9FB6EB #AE9FEB

triadic

#9FB6EB #EB9FB6 #B6EB9F

tetradic

#9FB6EB #EB9FDC #EBD49F #9FEBAE

square

#9FB6EB #EB9FDC #EBD49F #9FEBAE

split-complementary

#9FB6EB #EBAE9F #DCEB9F

monochromatic

#3A69D6 #6C8FE0 #9FB6EB #D2DDF6 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9FB6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#9FB6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB6EB

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB6EB	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 182, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.080 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcbf1',
    500: '#9fb6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb6eb;
$custom-light: #bdcbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.842,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77792,
    "c": 0.08027,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB6EB

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9718CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB6EB

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

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