#9DA5BE#9DA5BE

#9DA5BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.037 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DA5BE
RGB	rgb(157, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(225, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(225, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 2.43, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 13.99, 279.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0009 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.037 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6518, 37.7954, 54.0694)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DA5BE #BEB69D

analogous

#9DB5BE #9DA5BE #A59DBE

triadic

#9DA5BE #BE9DA5 #A5BE9D

tetradic

#9DA5BE #BE9DB5 #BEB69D #9DBEA5

square

#9DA5BE #BE9DB5 #BEB69D #9DBEA5

split-complementary

#9DA5BE #BEA59D #B5BE9D

monochromatic

#5A6587 #7883A6 #9DA5BE #C2C7D6 #E7E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9DA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#9DA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DA5BE

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DA5BE	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9da5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.037 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babfd1',
    500: '#9da5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9da5be;
$custom-light: #babfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9da5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.455,
    "s": 20.245,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72384,
    "c": 0.03739,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DA5BE

secondary

#E0DED6

accent

#89479F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DA5BE

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

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