#9FBDEB#9FBDEB

#9FBDEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.074 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBDEB
RGB	rgb(159, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(216, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, 0.53, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 26.16, 271.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0143 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.074 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4866, 49.7623, 85.6842)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBDEB #EBCD9F

analogous

#9FE3EB #9FBDEB #A79FEB

triadic

#9FBDEB #EB9FBD #BDEB9F

tetradic

#9FBDEB #EB9FE3 #EBCD9F #9FEBA7

square

#9FBDEB #EB9FE3 #EBCD9F #9FEBA7

split-complementary

#9FBDEB #EBA79F #E3EB9F

monochromatic

#3A77D6 #6C9AE0 #9FBDEB #D2E0F6 #E6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9FBDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#9FBDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBDEB

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBDEB	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88C7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.074 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd0f1',
    500: '#9fbdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbdeb;
$custom-light: #bdd0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.316,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79237,
    "c": 0.07351,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBDEB

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#8618CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121416

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBDEB

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

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