#9A9EAE#9A9EAE

#9A9EAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.024 H 274.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A9EAE
RGB	rgb(154, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(228, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(228, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 1.83, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 8.97, 281.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0019 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.024 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1916, 34.3794, 44.9234)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A9EAE #AEAA9A

analogous

#9AA8AE #9A9EAE #A09AAE

triadic

#9A9EAE #AE9A9E #9EAE9A

tetradic

#9A9EAE #AE9AA8 #AEAA9A #9AAEA0

square

#9A9EAE #AE9AA8 #AEAA9A #9AAEA0

split-complementary

#9A9EAE #AEA09A #A8AE9A

monochromatic

#5C6072 #787D93 #9A9EAE #BCBFC9 #DEDFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9A9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#9A9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9A9EAE

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A9EAE	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.024 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bac6',
    500: '#9a9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a9eae;
$custom-light: #b7bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 10.989,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70118,
    "c": 0.02373,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A9EAE

secondary

#D5D4CE

accent

#875095

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A9EAE

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

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