#9FBCED#9FBCED

#9FBCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.077 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBCED
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(218, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(218, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, 1.57, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 27.58, 273.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0123 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.077 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5628, 49.4498, 87.1430)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBCED #EDD09F

analogous

#9FE3ED #9FBCED #A99FED

triadic

#9FBCED #ED9FBC #BCED9F

tetradic

#9FBCED #ED9FE3 #EDD09F #9FEDA9

square

#9FBCED #ED9FE3 #EDD09F #9FEDA9

split-complementary

#9FBCED #EDA99F #E3ED9F

monochromatic

#3874DA #6B98E3 #9FBCED #D3E0F7 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9FBCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#9FBCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBCED

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBCED	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.077 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd0f3',
    500: '#9fbced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbced;
$custom-light: #bdd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.692,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7911,
    "c": 0.07699,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBCED

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8B15D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBCED

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

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