#9E9EBC#9E9EBC

#9E9EBC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.043 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9EBC
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(240, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(240, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 6.20, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 16.64, 291.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0114 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.043 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4025, 35.3533, 52.5259)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9EBC #BCBC9E

analogous

#9EADBC #9E9EBC #AD9EBC

triadic

#9E9EBC #BC9E9E #9EBC9E

tetradic

#9E9EBC #BC9EAD #BCBC9E #9EBCAD

square

#9E9EBC #BC9EAD #BCBC9E #9EBCAD

split-complementary

#9E9EBC #BCAD9E #ADBC9E

monochromatic

#5B5B84 #7A7AA3 #9E9EBC #C2C2D5 #E6E6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9E9EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#9E9EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9EBC

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9EBC	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.043 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbad0',
    500: '#9e9ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9ebc;
$custom-light: #bbbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70938,
    "c": 0.04345,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9EBC

secondary

#E0E0D6

accent

#9D499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9EBC

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

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