#9E9CB2#9E9CB2

#9E9CB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.032 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9CB2
RGB	rgb(158, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(245, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(245, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 5.15, -11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 12.27, 294.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0108 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.032 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0233, 34.2602, 46.9313)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9CB2 #B0B29C

analogous

#9CA5B2 #9E9CB2 #A99CB2

triadic

#9E9CB2 #B29E9C #9CB29E

tetradic

#9E9CB2 #B29CA5 #B0B29C #9CB2A9

square

#9E9CB2 #B29CA5 #B0B29C #9CB2A9

split-complementary

#9E9CB2 #B2A99C #A5B29C

monochromatic

#5F5D77 #7C7A97 #9E9CB2 #C0BECD #E1E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9E9CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#9E9CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9CB2

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9CB2	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.032 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab9c9',
    500: '#9e9cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9cb2;
$custom-light: #bab9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70164,
    "c": 0.03189,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9CB2

secondary

#D8D9D1

accent

#974F90

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9CB2

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

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