#9FBDEC#9FBDEC

#9FBDEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.075 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBDEC
RGB	rgb(159, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(217, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(217, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, 0.78, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 26.66, 271.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0139 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.075 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6315, 49.8202, 86.4472)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBDEC #ECCE9F

analogous

#9FE4EC #9FBDEC #A79FEC

triadic

#9FBDEC #EC9FBD #BDEC9F

tetradic

#9FBDEC #EC9FE4 #ECCE9F #9FECA7

square

#9FBDEC #EC9FE4 #ECCE9F #9FECA7

split-complementary

#9FBDEC #ECA79F #E4EC9F

monochromatic

#3977D8 #6C9AE2 #9FBDEC #D2E0F6 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9FBDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#9FBDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBDEC

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBDEC	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.075 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd0f2',
    500: '#9fbdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbdec;
$custom-light: #bdd0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.623,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79277,
    "c": 0.0748,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBDEC

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#8717CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBDEC

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

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