#9FBDEE#9FBDEE

#9FBDEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.077 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBDEE
RGB	rgb(159, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(217, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, 1.28, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 27.64, 272.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0133 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.077 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9237, 49.9371, 87.9861)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBDEE #EED09F

analogous

#9FE5EE #9FBDEE #A89FEE

triadic

#9FBDEE #EE9FBD #BDEE9F

tetradic

#9FBDEE #EE9FE5 #EED09F #9FEEA8

square

#9FBDEE #EE9FE5 #EED09F #9FEEA8

split-complementary

#9FBDEE #EEA89F #E5EE9F

monochromatic

#3776DC #6B99E5 #9FBDEE #D3E1F7 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9FBDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#9FBDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBDEE

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBDEE	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.077 260.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.215,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79357,
    "c": 0.07738,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBDEE

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8A14D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121417

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBDEE

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

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