#9E9EAE#9E9EAE

#9E9EAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.023 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9EAE
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(240, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 3.20, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 8.88, 291.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0063 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.023 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9659, 34.7786, 44.9597)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9EAE #AEAE9E

analogous

#9EA6AE #9E9EAE #A69EAE

triadic

#9E9EAE #AE9E9E #9EAE9E

tetradic

#9E9EAE #AE9EA6 #AEAE9E #9EAEA6

square

#9E9EAE #AE9EA6 #AEAE9E #9EAEA6

split-complementary

#9E9EAE #AEA69E #A6AE9E

monochromatic

#5F5F72 #7D7D92 #9E9EAE #BFBFCA #E1E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#9E9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#9E9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9EAE

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9EAE	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.023 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babac6',
    500: '#9e9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9eae;
$custom-light: #babac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70441,
    "c": 0.02312,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9EAE

secondary

#D7D7D1

accent

#935393

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9EAE

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

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