#9E9BB8#9E9BB8

#9E9BB8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.042 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9BB8
RGB	rgb(158, 155, 184)
HSL	hsl(246, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(246, 16%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 7.01, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 16.19, 295.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0144 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.042 290)
XYZ	xyz(34.4718, 34.1722, 50.1179)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9BB8 #B5B89B

analogous

#9BA7B8 #9E9BB8 #AD9BB8

triadic

#9E9BB8 #B89E9B #9BB89E

tetradic

#9E9BB8 #B89BA7 #B5B89B #9BB8AD

square

#9E9BB8 #B89BA7 #B5B89B #9BB8AD

split-complementary

#9E9BB8 #B8AD9B #A7B89B

monochromatic

#5E5A7F #7B779F #9E9BB8 #C1BFD1 #E3E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9E9BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#9E9BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9BB8

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9BB8	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)

#959FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 155, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.042 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab8cd',
    500: '#9e9bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9bb8;
$custom-light: #bab8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.207,
    "s": 16.959,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70174,
    "c": 0.04211,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.34172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9BB8

secondary

#DBDCD3

accent

#9B4A93

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9BB8

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

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