#9E9BB7#9E9BB7

#9E9BB7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.041 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9BB7
RGB	rgb(158, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(246, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(246, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 6.79, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 15.64, 295.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0141 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.041 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3673, 34.1304, 49.5678)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9BB7 #B4B79B

analogous

#9BA6B7 #9E9BB7 #AC9BB7

triadic

#9E9BB7 #B79E9B #9BB79E

tetradic

#9E9BB7 #B79BA6 #B4B79B #9BB7AC

square

#9E9BB7 #B79BA6 #B4B79B #9BB7AC

split-complementary

#9E9BB7 #B7AC9B #A6B79B

monochromatic

#5E5A7D #7B779D #9E9BB7 #C1BFD1 #E3E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9E9BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#9E9BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9BB7

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9BB7	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959EB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.041 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab8cc',
    500: '#9e9bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9bb7;
$custom-light: #bab8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.429,
    "s": 16.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70137,
    "c": 0.04067,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9BB7

secondary

#DADBD2

accent

#9B4B92

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9BB7

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

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