#9E9EC0#9E9EC0

#9E9EC0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.049 H 285.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9EC0
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(240, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 7.10, -17.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 18.85, 292.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0128 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.049 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8397, 35.5281, 54.8284)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9EC0 #C0C09E

analogous

#9EAFC0 #9E9EC0 #AF9EC0

triadic

#9E9EC0 #C09E9E #9EC09E

tetradic

#9E9EC0 #C09EAF #C0C09E #9EC0AF

square

#9E9EC0 #C09EAF #C0C09E #9EC0AF

split-complementary

#9E9EC0 #C0AF9E #AFC09E

monochromatic

#5A5A8A #7979A8 #9E9EC0 #C3C3D8 #E8E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#9E9EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#9E9EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9EC0

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9EC0	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A2C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.049 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbad3',
    500: '#9e9ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9ec0;
$custom-light: #bbbad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 21.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71088,
    "c": 0.04925,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9EC0

secondary

#E2E2D8

accent

#A046A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9EC0

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

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