#9BA2AE#9BA2AE

#9BA2AE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.019 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BA2AE
RGB	rgb(155, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(218, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(218, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -0.04, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 7.06, 269.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0029 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.019 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0762, 35.8648, 45.1635)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BA2AE #AEA79B

analogous

#9BACAE #9BA2AE #9E9BAE

triadic

#9BA2AE #AE9BA2 #A2AE9B

tetradic

#9BA2AE #AE9BAC #AEA79B #9BAE9E

square

#9BA2AE #AE9BAC #AEA79B #9BAE9E

split-complementary

#9BA2AE #AE9E9B #ACAE9B

monochromatic

#5C6472 #798393 #9BA2AE #BDC1C9 #DFE1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9BA2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#9BA2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BA2AE

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BA2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BA2AE	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ba2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.019 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8bdc6',
    500: '#9ba2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ba2ae;
$custom-light: #b8bdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ba2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 10.497,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71042,
    "c": 0.0192,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BA2AE

secondary

#D6D3CF

accent

#7C5195

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BA2AE

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

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