#9FB8ED#9FB8ED

#9FB8ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.081 H 265.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9FB8ED
RGBrgb(159, 184, 237)
HSLhsl(221, 68%, 78%)
HSVhsv(221, 33%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(32.9%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(74.68, 3.76, -29.15)
CIE-LCHlch(74.68, 29.39, 277.34°)
OKLaboklab(78.29% -0.0071 -0.0806)
OKLCHoklch(78.29% 0.081 265)
XYZxyz(46.7201, 47.7645, 86.8621)
Luminance0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9FB8ED #EDD49F
analogous
#9FDFED #9FB8ED #AD9FED
triadic
#9FB8ED #ED9FB8 #B8ED9F
tetradic
#9FB8ED #ED9FDF #EDD49F #9FEDAD
square
#9FB8ED #ED9FDF #EDD49F #9FEDAD
split-complementary
#9FB8ED #EDAD9F #DFED9F
monochromatic
#386CDA #6B92E3 #9FB8ED #D3DEF7 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#9FB8ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55
#9FB8ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB8ED
10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9FB8ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9FB8ED1.001.9910.5510.55
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5521.001.001.00
##00000010.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6BCEF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FB5EC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#88C3CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9fb8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 184, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.081 265.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcdf3',
    500: '#9fb8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9fb8ed;
$custom-light: #bdcdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9fb8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.769,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78285,
    "c": 0.08089,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.47766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9FB8ED
secondary
#F2EAD9
accent
#9415D0
background
#FBFCFE
surface
#F7F8FD
border
#D0D1D5
text
#121317
muted
#818285

Preview Lab

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#9FB8ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva