#9E9EBA#9E9EBA

#9E9EBA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.041 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9EBA
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 186)
HSL	hsl(240, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 5.76, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 15.53, 291.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0107 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.041 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1884, 35.2676, 51.3983)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9EBA #BABA9E

analogous

#9EACBA #9E9EBA #AC9EBA

triadic

#9E9EBA #BA9E9E #9EBA9E

tetradic

#9E9EBA #BA9EAC #BABA9E #9EBAAC

square

#9E9EBA #BA9EAC #BABA9E #9EBAAC

split-complementary

#9E9EBA #BAAC9E #ACBA9E

monochromatic

#5C5C81 #7A7AA1 #9E9EBA #C2C2D3 #E6E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#9E9EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#9E9EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9EBA

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9EBA	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.041 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babace',
    500: '#9e9eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9eba;
$custom-light: #babace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 16.867,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70864,
    "c": 0.04055,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9EBA

secondary

#DEDED6

accent

#9B4A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9EBA

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

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